Our inner child craves to be fully seen and understood in order to receive healing. Working therapeutically to heal the child within allows us to safely navigate old wounds (that are still subconsciously running our patterns) and to open our hearts to a greater sense of self love, compassion, and trust in our world and in our relationships. Access audio to a free inner child mediation here.

Three-year-old Ada was referred to play therapy for support around her parents’ recent divorce. Ada’s mom and dad were struggling in the transition to their new lives apart from each other and feared that Ada was forming anxious attachment patterns due to unresolved feelings around the separation… and a play therapy story began.

I work often with children who have been diagnosed with ADHD. Their parents usually arrive overwhelmed, feeling like they don’t know how to help their child calm down. With these families, we work to help both parents and kids build more tools to understand what is happening in their bodies, learn to connect to themselves when they feel activated, and use tools to come back to center. Support your child in calming their nervous system with this audio recording of a butterfly body scan.

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve had a client ask me how to “stop being so sensitive” or a parent ask me how to control their highly sensitive child. This blog post outlines a step by step process for healthy processing of emotions so that your sensitivity can become your super power for showing up to your life with integrity and authenticity.

One of the most common issues that parents bring to our sessions is that they feel out of control in setting and respecting boundaries with their children.I am seeing over and over again that traditional disciplinary strategies particularly for the highly sensitive child do not work, and when parents set consistent and loving boundaries, most discipline is not necessary

I will cross your boundaries (and abandon my own that are already porous after years of practice in the art of careful attunement to Other) to make you feel seen, loved, and wanted in efforts to make you want and need me around and be less likely to leave…all in subconscious efforts to control. Ironically, there’s a high chance, I’ll actually be the one to run away from you.

Trauma occurs in the context of relationship - either someone was there to help you feel safe in a difficult moment that your body perceived as threatening, or you felt like you had to suffer alone. Therefore, when we find ourselves being overly anxious in our current relationships, we are actually re-enacting fear that is deeply embedded in our nervous system based on previous events.

Through processing traumatic events and developing a healthier relationship with yourself, you will likely find that situations that created massive unrest in your nervous systems, causing you to spiral into reactive anxiety, suddenly have much less charge. A sense of ease, confidence, and freedom in relationships can provide the safety and love necessary for you to step into the person you truly are.