Therapeutic Family Services

Therapeutic Family Services TFS has proudly been providing behavioral health services in Arkansas for over 20 years!

Traditions do not usually start on purpose. 💙Somebody does a small thing twice and a child decides it is now the rule. T...
09/03/2026

Traditions do not usually start on purpose. 💙

Somebody does a small thing twice and a child decides it is now the rule. That is genuinely all it takes, and September is a good month for it, because the year has just restarted and everyone is adjusting to a new routine anyway.

Pick something small enough that you will still be doing it in December. Friday night pizza counts. A walk after dinner counts.

What is one your family already has? Tell us in the comments.

A school meeting about your child is a lot to walk into. 💙Most parents go in having read nothing, sit through a lot of a...
09/02/2026

A school meeting about your child is a lot to walk into. 💙

Most parents go in having read nothing, sit through a lot of acronyms, and leave without being certain what was actually decided. None of that is a reflection on you. The room is set up for the people who are in it every week.

Swipe through for four things that make an IEP or 504 meeting easier to sit through.

Most families stop reading aloud the year a child learns to do it themselves. 💙It is worth keeping a little longer. Bein...
09/01/2026

Most families stop reading aloud the year a child learns to do it themselves. 💙

It is worth keeping a little longer. Being read to is one of the few times an older child gets to sit still, lean on someone and just listen, with nothing being asked of them. It is also one of the easiest ways to end a hard day gently.

Ten minutes counts. Pick a book a little above their reading level and let them enjoy it.

Some months you are not building anything, and that is allowed. 💙You are getting everyone fed, dressed and into bed, and...
08/27/2026

Some months you are not building anything, and that is allowed. 💙

You are getting everyone fed, dressed and into bed, and then getting up and doing it again. It can feel like falling behind. It is not. It is a whole family being carried through a hard stretch by somebody, and that somebody is you.

If this is one of those months, it still counts. Reach out any time you would like someone alongside you.

Gratitude is a habit long before it is a feeling. 💙You do not have to feel thankful to start noticing what is good, and ...
08/26/2026

Gratitude is a habit long before it is a feeling. 💙

You do not have to feel thankful to start noticing what is good, and in a hard season the noticing is the part that actually helps. It works best when it is small, regular and out loud, which is why the car and the dinner table are such good places for it.

Swipe through for four practices that each take under two minutes. Pick the one that fits your family and start tonight.

It is always great to represent Therapeutic Family Services during the Behavioral Health Institute at the Hot Springs Co...
08/25/2026

It is always great to represent Therapeutic Family Services during the Behavioral Health Institute at the Hot Springs Convention Center. This is a great gathering and CEU opportunity for mental health providers.

The hardest part of the morning is usually the doorway. 💙A goodbye your child can predict is a goodbye they can manage. ...
08/25/2026

The hardest part of the morning is usually the doorway. 💙

A goodbye your child can predict is a goodbye they can manage. It matters far less what the ritual is than that it stays the same, which is why a wave from the same window works as well as anything more elaborate.

And it gets easier for the parent too. Pick yours this week and keep it, even on the mornings you are already late.

Twenty minutes on Sunday can change the whole week. 💙Sit down together, look at what is coming, and say it out loud. Who...
08/20/2026

Twenty minutes on Sunday can change the whole week. 💙

Sit down together, look at what is coming, and say it out loud. Who needs to be where, what is due, which day looks hardest, and who is going to handle it. Most of the stress in a busy household is not the schedule itself, it is everyone carrying a different version of it in their head.

Twenty minutes of knowing beats seven days of guessing. Try it this Sunday.

How was school? Fine. Every parent knows that exchange. 💙The question is not the problem, it is just too big to answer a...
08/19/2026

How was school? Fine. Every parent knows that exchange. 💙

The question is not the problem, it is just too big to answer at the end of a long day. Smaller and more specific gets you further, and it works best when nobody is being stared at. In the car, over a snack, or walking somewhere.

Swipe through for four questions worth trying this week, and tell us the one that works in your house.

One of the hardest parenting moments is finding out your child was the one who was unkind. 💙The instinct is shame, eithe...
08/18/2026

One of the hardest parenting moments is finding out your child was the one who was unkind. 💙

The instinct is shame, either theirs or your own. But a child who is made to feel like a bad person tends to defend themselves rather than repair anything. A child who is told they did an unkind thing, and that they are capable of putting it right, usually goes and puts it right.

Name the behavior, keep the child, and walk them through the apology instead of demanding it.

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829 Halbert Avenue
Malvern, AR
72104

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Monday 8am - 4:30pm
Tuesday 8am - 4:30pm
Wednesday 8am - 4:30pm
Thursday 8am - 4:30pm
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