The Flame of Hope

08/27/2025

06/05/2025

🌿 Curious about how therapy or art therapy might support you right now?

The Flame of Hope is a place for healing, creativity, and meaningful growth. Whether you're navigating a tough season or just need a safe space to reflect, you’re welcome here.

Visit flameofhopetherapy.com to learn more about the services I offer and how we can work together.

Art Therapy & Counseling is a work of heart where you creatively develop skills & resources to heal your hurts.

05/24/2025

05/24/2025

come join us today at the NAMI Walk and say hello, pick up a note book, enter the give away, and share some hope!

05/19/2025

The Flame of Hope Art Therapy & Counseling is proud to sponsor the NAMI Walk this weekend!
I’ll be hosting a booth — come say hello, pick up some free mental health resources, and walk with us in support of hope and healing. 💚 www.flameofhopetherapy.com
Let’s break the stigma together.

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Just 5 days until our NAMIWalk in Boise, Idaho! Join us at Old Timer's Shelter, Ann Morrison Park on May 24th!
Learn more and register at: https://www.namiwalks.org/idaho2025

Thank you to our sponsors: , , Cottonwood Creek, Fredrickson Health Insurance, Saint Alphonsus, .id, , , Avery's House, , , Magellan Healthcare of Idaho,

05/07/2025

Sometimes art therapy is playing with imagination to experiment with new roles to expand opportunities to connect in relationships with others and relationship with oneself. Here's an image of what I may look like as a time traveler:

05/07/2025

Happy Mental Health Month!

𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐌𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡 💚

Get to know our Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) — made up of two officers with additional mental health training and a dedicated mental health clinician, all equipped to respond with empathy, knowledge, and care when our community needs support the most.

Their mission is simple but vital: connect those in crisis with the resources and support they need. Because mental health matters, and so do the people behind every call.

If you or someone you know is struggling, don’t wait. Call 988 or contact the Meridian Police Department — we're always here to help.

05/01/2025

Sprinkling connection moments throughout the day offers great opportunities to build an inner wealth in a relationship that supports those moments when an emotional "withdrawal" needs to occur through correction. The OP has some simple yet powerful suggestions on how to create a culture of connection in your everyday relationships. May your relationships all thrive and be well!

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Correction is part of parenting. But when a child doesn’t feel connected to you, correction can feel like rejection. When connection is built before correction is ever needed, it makes those harder moments easier to navigate.

That’s why connection needs to happen long before correction ever does.

Build it in the calm, everyday moments:
✔️ Ask to join them in their play—before they even invite you.
✔️ Sit beside them while they color and say, “Tell me about this one.”
✔️ Make eye contact and smile when they walk in the room.
✔️ Share a laugh, a snack, or a story—even for just 5 minutes.

These small choices tell your child: “You matter to me—even when nothing’s wrong.”

Then, when something does go wrong:
✔️ Sit down at their level and say, “I’m here to help you through this.”
✔️ Ask, “Can you tell me what happened?”
✔️ Remind them, “You’re not in trouble. You’re learning. I’ll walk with you through it.”

Because when your child feels secure in your presence, they can handle your correction without feeling rejected.

Connection isn’t a reward for good behavior. It’s the foundation that makes growth possible.

05/01/2025

✨ You don't have to carry it all alone.
At Flame of Hope Art Therapy & Counseling, I work with adults, couples, and youth who feel overwhelmed by anxiety, trauma, or relationship struggles.

Whether you're feeling stuck, emotionally exhausted, or distant from yourself or your partner—I offer a compassionate space to explore what’s beneath the surface and begin healing.

🖌️ Together, we’ll use art therapy, mindfulness, and trauma-informed care to:
• Build emotional clarity
• Deepen trust & connection
• Develop tools for self-regulation
• Rewrite the patterns that keep you stuck

You deserve support that sees your full humanity—not just a diagnosis.

📥 If you're curious about working together, send a message or request a consult. I'd be honored to walk with you on this journey.

04/30/2025

Join us at the NAMI walks Idaho event on May 24th 2025.

Visit www.flameofhopetherapy.com for more information

visit: https://www.namiwalks.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.event&eventID=1775
for registration to support the walk.

04/01/2025

You asked I listened. Now everyone can have their own art therapy action figure.

Happy April Fools.

07/04/2024

If today is difficult for you, please know you're not alone. The 988 Lifeline is here for you, whenever you need someone to talk to. Call or text 988 or chat with us online at 988lifeline.org/chat.