Success is Subjective: Helping parents of college students accept that dropping out is okay

Special Parent Series: Episode 221 with “Sophie”

May 16, 2024 Joanna Lilley, MA, NCC Season 3 Episode 221
Special Parent Series: Episode 221 with “Sophie”
Success is Subjective: Helping parents of college students accept that dropping out is okay
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Success is Subjective: Helping parents of college students accept that dropping out is okay
Special Parent Series: Episode 221 with “Sophie”
May 16, 2024 Season 3 Episode 221
Joanna Lilley, MA, NCC

For the entire month of May, in honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, Joanna is bringing you a special parent series, where she interviews parents whose children have overcome a variety of mental health challenges. From his toddler years, Sophie’s son struggled tremendously with emotional regulation. Having grown accustomed to navigating raging outbursts and continually advocating for her son’s mental health, Sophie was flooded with relief when around 7th grade, her son stabilized. However, his improvement was short lived before online learning during COVID sent him in a downward spiral. On today’s episode of Success is Subjective, Sophie shares how a late autism diagnosis during wilderness therapy connected the dots on years of emotional turmoil and was the beginning of her family’s healing journey.

Sophie’s Resources: 

The Parallel Process (book) 

Evoke Therapy Podcast 

The Audacity to Be You (book) 

The Journey of the Heroic Parent (book) 


Connect with Joanna Lilley  

Therapeutic Consulting Association

Lilley Consulting Website

Lilley Consulting on Facebook 

Lilley Consulting on YouTube
Email: joanna@lilleyconsulting.com

#therapeuticconsulting #lilleyconsulting #successful #youngadults #therapeuticprograms #neurodiversity #neurodiverse #therapy #mentalhealth #podcast #podcastcommunity #studentmentalhealth #thejourney #successissubjective #theunpavedroad #wildernesstherapy 

Show Notes

For the entire month of May, in honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, Joanna is bringing you a special parent series, where she interviews parents whose children have overcome a variety of mental health challenges. From his toddler years, Sophie’s son struggled tremendously with emotional regulation. Having grown accustomed to navigating raging outbursts and continually advocating for her son’s mental health, Sophie was flooded with relief when around 7th grade, her son stabilized. However, his improvement was short lived before online learning during COVID sent him in a downward spiral. On today’s episode of Success is Subjective, Sophie shares how a late autism diagnosis during wilderness therapy connected the dots on years of emotional turmoil and was the beginning of her family’s healing journey.

Sophie’s Resources: 

The Parallel Process (book) 

Evoke Therapy Podcast 

The Audacity to Be You (book) 

The Journey of the Heroic Parent (book) 


Connect with Joanna Lilley  

Therapeutic Consulting Association

Lilley Consulting Website

Lilley Consulting on Facebook 

Lilley Consulting on YouTube
Email: joanna@lilleyconsulting.com

#therapeuticconsulting #lilleyconsulting #successful #youngadults #therapeuticprograms #neurodiversity #neurodiverse #therapy #mentalhealth #podcast #podcastcommunity #studentmentalhealth #thejourney #successissubjective #theunpavedroad #wildernesstherapy