Homegrown Therapy, Alaska

Homegrown Therapy, Alaska We are a pediatric therapy practice that brings treatment to where it can help the most: home, in the community, in nattre, or at our office for intensives.

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01/29/2025

Therapy dog Ellie Bean loves the swing too. It’s her first full day. For the most part, she was a hit today! 
After week, one of intensive treatments, I am really pleased to hear some of the cool progress going on with the kids that I saw. 

Announcing….Just like this world keeps changing in ways I never could’ve imagined, so has my career changed over the yea...
01/18/2025

Announcing….

Just like this world keeps changing in ways I never could’ve imagined, so has my career changed over the years. Never did I imagine my right brain self would open my own clinic, because what I wanted to offer didn’t fit into any workplace at the time. For 13 years at Mountain Magic, I grew as a therapist,  business owner, and employer.
Running a clinic, as much as I loved my employees, took time away from my passions to treat children and families, took emotional fuel from my own family life. I sold my practice and never thought I’d go back. 
After two and a half years of working for others, the pandemic inspired me to start a mobile practic. Once again I wanted to offer some thing that didn’t exist, and was fortunate enough to have coworkers who wanted the same. It was getting kids and parents out in nature; it was seeing families at their homes to eliminate the stressors for families for getting to appointments and better shape our sessions to meet their needs. For my own selfish reasons it gave me immense variety in my day. Shaping it as an employee cooperative gave us the freedom to manage our own schedule, caseloads and business. I never thought I’d need to change this formula!

For two years now , I’ve been learning and applying the techniques of MNRI- and seeing super cool, sometimes immediate results. Combining it with my familiar craniosacral Therapy, it’s too exciting and compelling to ignore the potential to drastically support lasting change in the right direction, using an intensive model.

Starting next week, I’m offering families an opportunity to intensely treat their children for six or 12 weeks. Three days a week they will get an intense experience of connecting their brain to their bodies with the daily repetition firmly supporting better regulation, coordination, balance and function.
This will be in our humble clinic, with our new location in Midtown, tucked into a culdesac abutting the Campbell Creek greenbelt so I can still do nature visits and outside appointments. I’m looking forward to intensely focusing on what kids can accomplish, finding comfort and grace in their own skin,showing families what they can do at home to facilitate more progress, and being able to focus exclusively on just a few kids at a time without the distractions of organizing schedules, phone calls and paperwork while driving around town.
I am still treating babies and situations I think it’s best practice to see in homes, at home.
My coworkers are still working their therapeutic ways out in the community and homes. We welcome other interested therapists to reach out, as we have a plethora of families with mobile clinic needs.

I’m super excited to see what this new chapter brings!

I got a good chuckle from this shirt! If you spend as much time as I do with people on the spectrum, you’ll be answering...
11/10/2024

I got a good chuckle from this shirt! If you spend as much time as I do with people on the spectrum, you’ll be answering so many questions. The creator, Colleen of Fox and Fawn Alaska, says it really helps appease people’s anxiety over persistent questioning.
I find that answering the persistent questions that come from my neuro divergent clients as fully, straight forward and precisely as I can really helps appease their anxiety too.

10/24/2024

My regular nature walks with this guy are priceless- with Natures balm he stops dampening sounds, breaths deeper, is learning to say hi to people, navigate the trails. This summer we crossed paths and learned to turn the other way with bears and moose. Today we learned how to enjoy hail on a sunny day.

I just wrapped up an epic summer with an epic OT in training, “Miss Emily” Link. She’s smart, heart driven, playful and ...
08/12/2024

I just wrapped up an epic summer with an epic OT in training, “Miss Emily” Link. She’s smart, heart driven, playful and just the sort of person I’m excited to see supporting babies and children. Can’t wait to see where she goes from here! Congratulations Emily!!! We’re all gonna miss you

Interested in better sleep?  I’ve got a new presentation tomorrow at WInterberry to support better sleep in the world
04/17/2024

Interested in better sleep? I’ve got a new presentation tomorrow at WInterberry to support better sleep in the world

Anchorage School District website accessibility and nondiscrimination notice. The Anchorage School District is an equal opportunity provider.

OTs/SLPs/PTs out there…Looking to start your own practice but nervous about stepping out on your own?   Or eager to brea...
04/08/2024

OTs/SLPs/PTs out there…Looking to start your own practice but nervous about stepping out on your own? Or eager to break up with the clinic model to better help people in the settings they participate in?
We are looking for more team members for our sweet therapy Co-Op. We have a flexible model where you bring treatment to where it best suits your client and your skillset. Sessions can be at parks, natural settings, client homes, daycare, your home, athletic clubs, pools, community centers, art studios….you name it! We offer business and formatting mentorship and shared supplies, and shared group sessions when appropriate. You basically bring your skills, creativity, and sense of adventure. Contact us through our website or main line.

Heather is the best! She’s been teaching infant massage for years in the valley. Massage with your baby is such a nice w...
03/20/2024

Heather is the best! She’s been teaching infant massage for years in the valley. Massage with your baby is such a nice way to connect and calm for both parent and baby 

May 7th is the next FREE community Infant Massage Class! 💓

Great way to connect with other baby mamas!
03/02/2024

Great way to connect with other baby mamas!

A week or so ago I responded to a post of a mother looking to meet up with other moms of babies. I commented on her post with my pod idea and she sent me an email saying she'd like to be a part of a "baby pod."

I'm not sure why the idea of helping mothers in the early baby stage hadn't come to me before but I'm thankful for the mother that reached out to me and asked.

I will be starting several pods the week of April 15th.

If you know of someone with a young baby please feel free to share this with them. This is a way to invest in motherhood.

Connecting with other adults regularly is sooo important during the early stages of parenting. Even if we have a lot of friends, this stage of life can be rather lonely.

Interest List Link: https://naturesonganchorage.com/babypods

Want to learn more about sensory strategies for your kid? Come check out my class at the amazing Winterberry charter sch...
09/08/2023

Want to learn more about sensory strategies for your kid? Come check out my class at the amazing Winterberry charter school

Anchorage School District website accessibility and nondiscrimination notice. The Anchorage School District is an equal opportunity provider.

Anchorage friends- I am looking to build connections with artists/ crafts people in the community who’d be open to guidi...
04/21/2023

Anchorage friends- I am looking to build connections with artists/ crafts people in the community who’d be open to guiding groups of older kids with staff support for creative projects. If you know of anyone, please tag them. If you are one of them, please direct message me! Our community is better when we come together and boy do we work with some creative kids!

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