Encountering

About Encountering

Are you worried about your teen’s anxiety, screen time, or emotional distance? You’re not alone. Get on Their Turf is the parenting podcast that helps you support your child’s mental health and build lasting connection. I’m Dr. Suzanne Simpson, teacher and researcher with 3 decades of experience, and biweekly I share expert interviews, parenting strategies, and real stories from my work in classrooms and a youth psychiatric unit. Episodes explore teen anxiety, depression, screen time struggles, listening without fixing, and spotting early warning signs of stress or crisis. Let’s raise kids who feel safe, seen, and heard—because connection changes everything.

Publisher

Dr. Suzanne Simpson

Category

education · education · health & fitness

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

12 Apr 2024

Latest episode

28 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

81 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   28 Sept 2026

   Is It ADHD, Autism, Anxiety, or Trauma? 2 Questions to Ask Before a Diagnosis

   Is It ADHD, Autism, Anxiety, or Trauma? 2 Questions to Ask Before a Diagnosis Your teenager is struggling, and someone says it might be ADHD, autism, anxiety, or trauma. From the outside, they can look almost the same. In Episode 76, I share what I saw in five and a half years on a psychiatric unit: three realities about how mental health assessments actually work, the one piece of evidence that is almost never requested, and the two questions every parent needs to ask before a diagnosis is m...

2. 

   14 Sept 2026

   How to Protect Your Teenager During a Divorce

   Dr. Suzanne Simpson sits down with divorce recovery coach Leah Marie to break down how to protect your teenager's mental health during a divorce, the top three rules for dealing with a toxic co-parent, and why silencing your own inner critic is the first step to rebuilding connection with your kids. Divorce is consistently ranked as one of the hardest things a human being can experience, second only to the death of a loved one - and if you're a parent trying to navigate it, you were never me...

3. 

   31 Aug 2026

   How to Connect With Your Teen: Support, Understanding, and Care (Classic)

   How to connect with your teenage child starts with three things teenagers told me they need: support, understanding, and care. This classic episode breaks down what that actually looks like, drawn from a year of research with 25 kids in a youth psychiatric unit. What's covered: 0:00 – Why Teenagers Lash Out 1:22 – What It Means to Support Your Child 2:12 – How to Understand Without Judgement 4:57 – Engaging and Caring for Your Teen 5:34 – How to Create a Connecti...

Who has been a guest on Encountering

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Sylvia Yu Friedman
• Chris Coulter
• Darian Hooshi

Reach and audience

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YouTube views

29,628

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

5 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 52 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

63

Social presence

0

YouTube

72

Engagement

32

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