Back-to-school jitters are more than just nerves. If your child is clinging, crying, or complaining of tummy aches each morning, you're not alone. Here's how to ease their anxiety and support their emotional growth.
Support your sensory-sensitive child this 4th of July with calming tips, social stories, and real-life strategies for a stress-free celebration.
Summer is often seen as carefree—but kids still need structure to feel emotionally safe. Learn how a flexible routine can reduce anxiety and bring calm to your home.
he loss of a parent can shake a child's entire world, leaving them feeling confused, vulnerable, and alone. Grieving children need compassionate support to help them express their emotions, adjust to changes, and find hope again. In this blog, we explore the unique struggles children face after losing a parent — and how, with the right care, healing is possible.
Does your child seem talkative at home but shuts down in public or around others? They may be struggling with selective mutism—a childhood anxiety disorder that makes speaking in certain settings feel impossible. In this post, I share how play therapy can gently help children feel safe, express themselves, and begin to find their voice again.
Counseling: A Safe Place to Be Real National Counseling Awareness Month matters. Counseling offers a space where children and teens can speak freely, be heard deeply, and begin to heal. Therapy isn’t about “fixing” them. It’s about equipping them.It gives them tools to manage anxiety, name their feelings, build self-worth, and believe in tomorrow.
Growing up is different for every child, but what happens when your child struggles with big emotions? Outsized responses to small things can be a symptom of a lack of emotional regulation. The good news is that help is possible.
Expressive therapy helps kids cope with big emotions through art, play, and movement. Learn how this creative approach supports children's mental health.
Children feel emotions deeply but often lack the words to verbally share their thoughts and feelings. Using play—the natural language of children—play therapy offers a safe, structured environment where kids can express themselves, process experiences, and develop essential coping skills. Creative Family Counseling and Coaching...
The holiday season can be magical but also overwhelming for kids. With new environments, large gatherings, and changes to their usual routines, it’s important to help children feel comfortable and secure during festive events. Here are some tips to make holiday events enjoyable for your...
Summer Break is Almost Over! ☀️ As the new school year approaches, many children experience anxiety about returning to the classroom. As a parent, you can help ease this transition with these simple yet effective strategies: ✅ Listen & Validate Encourage open conversations about their...
Do you have a preschool- or school-aged child (3 to 9 years of age)? If so, you’re probably beginning to encounter challenges that you didn’t experience during their infant and toddler years. Below are some of the obstacles that parents commonly face with children this...
Parents face challenges at every stage of their child’s development, and infancy (birth to 1 year of age) is no exception. Here are some of the obstacles commonly faced when children are at this age, as well as some helpful parenting tips: Exhaustion – Regularly...
As a parent, you want to do everything you can to protect your child from harm and make sure they grow up healthy and happy. You make sure they wear a bike helmet and knee pads, but if they do take a tumble and break...
Children have great imaginations, and they use it in every aspect of their lives. Play is a huge part of children’s lives and they create imaginary scenarios with their toys all the time. If something is going on in a child’s life, one of the...
Childhood can be a time of great wonder and joy. But for some, childhood is fraught with ugly family or school situations that overwhelm and depress developing psyches. Adults who are having trouble in their lives can often get help by speaking with a trained...
It’s that time of year again—big yellow buses roll through the neighborhood, backpacks are packed, and school bells ring. The back-to-school season brings a mix of excitement and nerves for both parents and children. For some kids, especially younger ones, returning to school after a...
If your son or daughter spends too much time at home with a glazed look in their eye and the glow of a smartphone in their face, you might want to consider signing them up for school sports. Getting your child off the couch and...
We love this intervention from Kristina Marcelli Sargent’s post – Hot cocoa breathing sensory art activity. She has a breadth of creative therapy interventions!! We already love this one – We are definitely going to be doing a lot of “hot cocoa” breathing with our...