Halcyon CIC Clinical psychology and animal assisted therapy

Halcyon CIC Clinical psychology and animal assisted therapy Providing clinical psychology and animal asssited therapy for children, young people and families in Worcestershire and surrounding areas.

Feeling Christmassy after a trip to Worcester Cathedral today and seeing some amazing decorations at the Christmas tree ...
07/12/2025

Feeling Christmassy after a trip to Worcester Cathedral today and seeing some amazing decorations at the Christmas tree festival.

Check out our new Lego decoration! I’d like to say I made this but it was thanks to a very dexterous and skilled young p...
04/12/2025

Check out our new Lego decoration! I’d like to say I made this but it was thanks to a very dexterous and skilled young person that this was put together!

14/11/2025

Jenny asked me for help with her daughter Eva.
“I don’t know what to do” she said. “It doesn’t matter what I say, all I get is a No.”
Shall we go to the park? NO
Would you like to read a story? NO
How about making a cake? NO
Jenny found it hard to understand – because the suggestions were for Eva! It’s not like she was giving her castor oil or insisting that she clean the bathroom.
No is a way that some children protect themselves. The suggestion introduces uncertainty, and uncertainty makes them feel anxious – so they bring out their shield. NO!
And that is the Automatic No.
The Automatic No can be used without even hearing the suggestion, because it’s the enquiry which causes the distress, not the content. It doesn’t really matter what the suggestion is, because it makes them feel too anxious to think. It comes up so quickly that it’s like a reflex. Some children even say No in their sleep.
That’s what this webinar is about. It’s not just about managing meltdowns or reducing demands. It’s about understanding the Automatic No and why it’s so important for demand avoidant children.
The thing is, the Automatic No works well. It protects the child from uncertainty and anxiety. But it comes at a cost, and that cost is new experiences and learning.
The cost is that they can’t do things they want to do, because their need to protect themselves is too strong.
So how can we help our children when they are stuck behind an automatic No? When they can’t say yes to anything - and because of that everyone is stuck?
Because change is possible - even when it feels impossible.

Yes it’s recorded. Lunchtime on Thursday November 27th.

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/helping-your-demand-avoidant-child-with-change-tickets-1964030267400?aff=fb2

Jofi and team mate worked well together on the puzzle mat. Scaffolding help at just the right level to allow challenge a...
14/11/2025

Jofi and team mate worked well together on the puzzle mat. Scaffolding help at just the right level to allow challenge and reduce frustration is quite a skill. Nice to get outside before the rain today!

You know it’s going to be a good morning when you have some training via contextualconsulting along with coffee and a sw...
21/10/2025

You know it’s going to be a good morning when you have some training via contextualconsulting along with coffee and a sweet treat!

It was copy and paste at work today in the field! Jofi took her niece Star to see the field.
16/10/2025

It was copy and paste at work today in the field! Jofi took her niece Star to see the field.

Looking forward to seeing whether the birds like their treats we left for them today in our new field area. Love to see...
09/10/2025

Looking forward to seeing whether the birds like their treats we left for them today in our new field area.
Love to see how therapy evolves organically and finds where it needs to go when we are out in nature.

Feel so privileged to have been able to see and listen Dame Jane Goodall speak less than 2 years ago. RIP.
03/10/2025

Feel so privileged to have been able to see and listen Dame Jane Goodall speak less than 2 years ago. RIP.

What a lovely little frog I was gifted this week 🐸. We decided she may want to go fishing in our new outdoor space!
26/09/2025

What a lovely little frog I was gifted this week 🐸. We decided she may want to go fishing in our new outdoor space!

The Halcyon team has been busy today making space to sit in the field. Tilly and Jofi have helped sniffing out good plac...
24/09/2025

The Halcyon team has been busy today making space to sit in the field. Tilly and Jofi have helped sniffing out good places for the log seats. We wonder what we can name this area?

Relateable!
22/09/2025

Relateable!

Our talented Counsellor Kim has made us these gorgeous wellie stands for our wellie library. Now we have a field we can ...
26/08/2025

Our talented Counsellor Kim has made us these gorgeous wellie stands for our wellie library. Now we have a field we can use for nature-based therapy, people have kindly donated some wellies for clients to borrow and Kim’s provided some of the lovely stands she makes - thanks Kim! Loving this colour *spring sage*

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