On today’s episode, I inteviewed Barbara Baum Freethy, M.Ed., a Social Cognitive Therapist with a specialty in working with neurodivergent children and adults.

Over the past 40 years Barbara has been a teacher, developmental evaluator, play therapist, individual psychotherapist and parent coach. She is a certified CPS Provider (Collaborative and Proactive Solutions Model developed by Ross Greene, PhD) and currently meets virtually with parents and families across the country.

Barbara also developed Transdisciplinary Workshops, Inc. organizing over 200 continuing education events for professionals and parents wanting to learn more about cognitive diversity, psychology and mental health.

In this interview I spoke with Barbara about the basics of CPS, how people can use CPS to better connect with their partners and their children. And we also talked about some ways to listen reflectively in order to understand each other’s concerns to create connection, rather than deflecting and/or correcting each other’s concerns, which tends to lead to disconnection, stress, and reactivity.

Barbara lives in coastal Maine where she enjoys traveling to local islands as well as sharing her great interest in geometric origami.

She can be reached at Barbara@transdis.com

And you can listen to my other podcast, the Once Upon an Upset Podcast for kids and parents at OnceUponAnUpset.com.