Starr Counselling

05/18/2025

This is the approach that Dr. Elena uses when working with parents and caregivers to help them make sense of their kids' behaviours. Right now she's taking a one year intensive training with Robyn Gobbel, and will start offering parenting groups in the fall of 2025. Currently, she uses this approach one-to-one with parents. We're super excited! 💜🩵🦉🐕🐁

02/23/2025

Such great info here about what *really* happens in therapy with children ♥️

10/17/2024

This is where the real magic of healing and change happens ♥️

09/24/2024

This is so important! Appearing calm does not always mean regulated. Robyn Gobbel is so skilled at breaking this stuff down in an easy to understand manner. I'm so excited to be taking an intensive year long training with her starting in January '25 so I better support parents, kiddos, and their school communities ♥ - Dr. Elena

We cannot send kids away to calm down and think this is teaching
self regulation.

They may learn how to ignore their distress and ultimately appear calm, but that’s not the same thing as regulation.

So what is self regulation anyway? And really? It doesn't exist?!?!?!

Yup. Really.

Check out this week's episode of The Baffling Behavior Show where we continue to de-code the mystery of regulation.

So it's not a mystery anymore 😁

06/13/2024

Such exciting news. This is my absolute favourite parenting book to tell parents about. It is definitely *not* your typical parenting book. Robyn Gobbel has such compassion for how hard it can be when you're parenting a child with big bevaviours. She also has an amazing podcast too https://open.spotify.com/show/0loYF113e4TSeCxs2eFrg6?si=pS-uh2YtQyCHLWjT_6hD3w

05/05/2024

It can be so frustrating and confusing when therapy for you child doesn't go as you expected it to. This is a great explanation and a really helpful podcast to listen to ♥