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Dr. Tamara Soles
Psychologist, Keynote Speaker, and Media Contributor
Dr. Tamara in the Media
Shaping the conversation around parenting, child development, and mental health through featured interviews, articles, podcasts, and expert analysis.
Featured News Contributions
CTV News
Sephora Kids: Do 10 year olds need a skin care regimen?
Dr. Tamara Soles joins CTV News to discuss the psychological impact of the ‘Sephora Kids’ trend, exploring how early exposure to skincare culture affects children’s self-image and well-being. She offers expert guidance on whether kids should have a skincare routine and how parents can navigate this growing trend with confidence while not sacrificing their child’s!
ARTICLE FEATURE
Parents
Is the News Too Scary for Kids to Watch?
Is your child curious about the news? Dr. Tamara shares her insight into navigating kids and the news. Find out ways you can keep your child engaged in the world around them while ensuring the content is safe and appropriate for their developmental level.
Pure Wow
Stop Asking Your Teen If They Had a Good Day at School (and What to Say Instead)
In a Pure Wow article on how to Stop Asking Your Teen If They Had a Good Day at School ( and What to say Instead), Dr. Soles shares her insight on how to take the pressure off. In this article, Dr. Tamara Soles explains how a change of timing and location when asking your teen can make the conversation easier. Find out examples of where and the reason it helps from Dr. Tamara Soles in this article.
nfb blog
Coping with COVID and the Classroom
Dr. Soles was quoted in an NFB Blog article about coping with COVID and the Classroom. The article helps guide parents through some of the bigger challenges when it comes to helping children get back in the classroom after the pandemic. Dr. Tamara shares the impacts on younger students, and what might we expect behaviour-wise. Find out more tips from Dr. Tamara Soles on coping with COVID in the classroom in this article by Julie Matlin.
Psychology Today
Positive Parenting in the Time of Coronavirus
Dr. Soles was quoted in a Psychology Today article about Positive Parenting in the Time of Coronavirus. In this article, Dr. Tamara Soles shares tips on what parents can do to connect with their children in the time of coronavirus. Dr. Tamara explains how many of the core principles of improv are absolutely supportive of parenting children at any age and allow children to thrive. Find out more on Positive Parenting and Improv from Dr. Tamara Soles in this article by Clay Drinko.
IELTS
Studying Remotely
Dr. Soles was quoted in an IELTS article about Studying Remotely. The article helps students tackle procrastination while studying in different learning environments. Dr. Tamara shares her top tips when struggling to complete tasks. Find out what Dr. Tamara Soles recommends students do when faced with procrastination in this article
The Economic Times
Kids, The Pandemic & Mental Health
The pandemic took children out of schools and plonked them in front of screens for online classes. Ten months on, they are lonely, angry and demotivated, and staring at perhaps a mental health challenge. How can we do right by them? Dr. Soles is interviewed on ways the pandemic is impacting kids.
UCLA Prevention Center for Excellence
Strategies to Ease Student Re-entry Anxiety
The UCLA Prevention Centre of Excellence quoted Dr. Tamara Soles in a series of articles that highlights the important roles parents, teachers, and social workers play in recognizing the symptoms of back-to-school stress and anxiety in children and offers a variety of strategies to help ease student’s worries. Find out more on evidence-based emotion regulation tips from Dr. Tamara Soles and to read the full articles.
McGill University Alumni Spotlight
Advice for parents with kids going back to school
Dr. Soles was quoted in a McGill Alumni Spotlight article with advice for parents with kids going back to school. The article discusses strategies for parents on how to manage children’s stress and anxiety about back-to-school during COVID-19. Find out tips from Dr. Tamara Soles in this article and watch the linked facebook video.
PODCASTS
SAGE FAMILY PODCAST
Assessment with Tamara Soles
Dr. Tamara Soles was featured on the Sage Family podcast with Rachel Rainbolt to talk about assessments. Dr. Tamara shared how to go through the assessment process and keep the child’s self-esteem intact and how often a child is diagnosed and treated for a condition while the symptoms are actually the result of trauma. Dr. Tamara also discussed finding a good fit when seeking someone to do an assessment and walks through the process and describes what to expect during an assessment.
THE MINDSPACE PODCAST
Back-to-School Anxiety During the Pandemic
Dr. Tamara Soles joined Dr. Joe Flanders on The Mindspace Podcast to talk about back to school anxiety during the pandemic. Dr. Tamara discusses early warning signs of distress that parents and teachers should be looking out for and how she helps parents cope with the anxiety through meaning-making. Dr. Tamara shared some of her go-to tips or strategies that she advise people try on when they need to support their children
THE MOMENTOLOGIST
Parenting, Profession and Being a Clinician-Creator
Dr. Tamara Soles sat down with Mitch Abblett to discuss Parenting, Profession and being a Clinical-Creator on Momentologist Podcast. Dr. Tamara covers how she leveraged moments of her career as a child and family clinician to not only connect and promote growth and healing for clients, but also to grow herself as a professional. Dr. Tamara also shared about how energy comes from tapping into what is uniquely possible for oneself
PARENTING TEENS WITH DR.CAM
Breaking the Punishment/Rewards Cycle
Dr. Tamara Soles was featured on the Parenting Teens with Dr. Cam podcast with Cameron Caswell to talk about Breaking the Punishment/Rewards Cycle. Dr. Tamara touches on the importance of living by a set of defined values. Dr. Tamara also discusses how to encourage problem-solving and allowing the space for mistakes as well as why the punishment/reward system doesn’t work and what to do instead.
The Raising Humans Kind Podcast
Emotional Regulation and Behaviour
Dr. Tamara Soles was featured on the Raising Humans Kind Podcast with Ashleigh Warner to talk about Emotional Regulation and Behaviour. Dr. Tamara shares why emotional regulation is key in understanding and addressing challenging behavior and what this might look like around examples like bedtime and transitions.
The Bold Life Podcast
Teaching Emotional Intelligence to Our Kids
Dr. Tamara Soles sat down with Nicole Byers, host of The Bold Life Podcast, to talk about Riding the Emotional Wave and Teaching Emotional Intelligence to Our Kids. Dr. Tamara shared about how to be a leader at home, and how to teach your kids to be confident little humans without feeling exhausted when they start saying “no” to everything. Dr. Tamara also explains how teaching children that emotions can be tolerated is far more valuable. Rather than chasing their emotions away, face these emotions with them head on.
Honest as a Mother Podcast
Gentle Parenting, Good Enough Parenting and Natural Consequences
Dr. Tamara Soles was featured on the Honest as a Mother Podcast with Amanda to talk about Gentle Parenting, Good Enough Parenting and Natural Consequences. Dr. Tamara talks about how to parent different personalities, natural consequence discipline and parental burnout.
Honest as a Mother Podcast
Discipline, Time-outs, and Emotions
Dr. Tamara Soles was featured on the Honest as a Mother Podcast with Amanda to talk about Discipline, Time-outs and Emotions. Dr. Tamara shared about the terrible twos, threenagers and the FU fours. Dr. Tamara Soles also covered time-outs vs time-ins, how we can teach our children to self regulate their emotions.