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The Dr. John Delony Show

Counselor & Bestselling Author Sissy Goff on Raising Healthy Kids

The Dr. John Delony Show

Ramsey Network

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Relationships

4.85.9K Ratings

🗓️ 17 March 2021

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

The Dr. John Delony Show is a caller-driven show that offers real people a chance to be heard as they struggle with relationship issues and mental health challenges. John will give you practical advice on how to connect with people, how to take the next right step when you feel frozen, and how to cut through the depression and anxiety that can feel so overwhelming. You are not alone in this battle. You are worth being well—and it starts by focusing on what you can control. Let us know what’s going on by leaving a voicemail at 844.693.3291 or visiting johndelony.com/show. We want to talk to YOU! Show Notes for this Episode Sissy Goff M.Ed., LPC-MHSP is the Director of Child and Adolescent Counseling at Daystar Counseling Ministries in Nashville, Tennessee, where she works alongside her counseling assistant/pet therapist, Lucy the Havanese. Since 1993, she has been helping girls and their parents find confidence in who they are and hope in who God is making them to be, both as individuals and families. Sissy is a sought-after speaker for parenting events and the author of twelve books, including the bestselling Raising Worry-Free Girls and Braver, Stronger, Smarter (for elementary aged girls) and her new release for teenage girls, Brave. Sissy is a regular contributor to various podcasts and publications as well as her own podcast called Raising Boys and Girls. You can find more information and resources at raisingboysandgirls.com. Raising Boys & Girls Daystar Counseling Ministries Check out Sissy's books tags: kids, parenting, anxiety, counseling/therapy These platforms contain content, including information provided by guests, that is intended for informational and entertainment purposes only. The content is not intended to replace or substitute for any professional medical, counseling, therapeutic, financial, legal, or other advice. The Lampo Group, LLC d/b/a Ramsey Solutions as well as its affiliates and subsidiaries (including their respective employees, agents and representatives) make no representations or warranties concerning the content and expressly disclaim any and all liability concerning the content including any treatment or action taken by any person following the information offered or provided within or through this show. If you have specific concerns or a situation in which you require professional advice, you should consult with an appropriately trained and qualified professional expert and specialist. If you are having a health or mental health emergency, please call 9-1-1 immediately.

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0:00.0

Hey, what's up? This is John with the Dr. John Deloni show. I hope you're doing well.

0:17.7

Hope your neighbors and you are getting along. Hope you're being kind to the people all

0:22.3

around you. Hope you're at work. Hope your family's doing well. I hope everything is going

0:27.6

okay. Today we've got a special episode. I'm going to interview a Nashville legend,

0:34.6

Mississi Gough. She is the director of Child and Adolescent Counseling at Daste Art Counseling

0:39.3

here in Nashville, Tennessee. She's been counseling kids for 30 years. And one of the things

0:45.6

I love to do when I sit down to talk to mental health professionals is I like to pretend

0:50.2

that I'm asking them questions. For you guys, I like to pretend I'm asking them these big

0:54.7

global theoretical, practical questions for others. But reality, I'm just asking questions

1:00.2

because I'm just a fumbling dad trying to figure this out myself. And I got two little

1:03.7

kids. I'm married. I got two dogs running around. I've got neighbors. I'm trying to figure

1:08.2

this out too. And so on the special edition, I'm talking to Sissy Gough about raising daughters,

1:14.6

raising sons. How to be married amidst all this chaos. What do you say to your kid when

1:19.6

they come to you and ask you what racism is, what COVID-19 means, why can't we hang out,

1:25.1

what about politics? How do we navigate these messy, messy issues with little ones? We're

1:29.5

so glad you're with us. Stay tuned. Okay. So we were just talking off offline. Tell me

1:35.7

about your practice here in Nashville. So we see kids from about four up through 18.

1:42.6

And we have individual counseling. We have group counseling. And then we have in the summer

1:46.8

we have two different kind of summer programs. One's like day camp and then we have an overnight

1:52.1

retreat program too for the kids that are involved. And how many how many families are

1:55.9

you running through there? 1900 currently. A year. Well, just right now in our practice,

2:02.1

we're seeing 1900 families. Holy so you'll rotate out. Yeah. Thousands. Yeah. Yes. And

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