Building Blocks Therapy, PLLC

Building Blocks Therapy, PLLC Building Blocks Therapy offers Child-Centered Play Therapy, Parenting, and Pre-School Observations. Reply HELP for help. Message freque

By texting Building Blocks Therapy, you agree to receive messages from Building Blocks Therapy, Reply STOP to Opt out. Suzanne Stewart, MS CMHC, LPC, NCC is the owner of Building Blocks Therapy, PLLC. She currently offers Play Therapy, Parenting Guidance, and Pre-School Observations in the Midland, TX area. She uses a person-centered, developmentally-informed counseling approach and seeks to build a relationship of safety for children and their families. Through the counseling process, she aims to foster understanding, development and healing all while honoring the child as an amazing human! Suzanne is passionate about children, having worked with them and their families in various capacities for almost three decades. Additionally, she has a specialization in crisis and trauma. On a personal level, Suzanne is a wife, mother and grandmother. When she is not at work or with family, she enjoys cooking, gardening, and traveling.

09/03/2025

You don't tell the sink to turn itself off when it's running. You help it.
Children aren't sinks, sure.
But children need co-regulation in order to learn HOW to process their feelings in healthy ways rather than just "shut down."
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09/01/2025
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09/01/2025

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PDA isn't the only type of 'Demand Avoidance', and it's a very rare presentation.

Here is a little bit of information on the different types of demand avoidance, it's important we investigate them when a child/adult is demand avoidant so we can understand the real reasons behind it. Here's a little bit of information on these...

EXECUTIVE FUNCTION AVOIDANCE
This is when certain tasks prove difficult due to executive function difficulties or impairments - such as starting a task or using one's working memory. We have 7 executive functions that are constantly in use every day. Give them a google to understand more!

SENSORY AVOIDANCE
When an environment isn't a 'sensory match' for a person, it can be overwhelming or over/under-stimulating and this can naturally lead to a person avoiding that environment. We have 8 senses and it's important we understand them and how environments affect them in order to know if sensory avoidance is an issue.

LOW SELF-ESTEEM BASED AVOIDANCE
When a person has low self-esteem and low self-efficacy it stands to reason that they will fear failing and this can put huge pressures on them. The easiest way to rid that pressure is to avoid the activity altogether. With neurodivergent individuals Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria may also play a part in this.

ANXIETY DRIVEN AVOIDANCE
Think about it... If a person, environment or object causes anxiety in someone it's very natural and rational for them to avoid the cause of the anxiety. It's a way of keeping oneself safe.

PATHOLOGICAL DEMAND AVOIDANCE
This is a really rare presentation and is linked to the demand (not necessarily the activity). The demand will trigger anxiety which leads for a 'pervasive drive for autonomy', or the desperate need to be in control in order to bring anxiety down. This need for control can often become the overriding factor in the situation, and can often appear 'irrational' where the demand avoidant response seems unnecessarily excessive or extreme. You may also find ALL of the other reasons for demand avoidance are present in a person with PDA.

Always great information from Sunshine Support❀️!

08/27/2025

🎬𝐌𝐨𝐯𝐒𝐞 𝐒𝐧 𝐭𝐑𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐀 π”π©ππšπ­πž!

Only 5 movies left this season β€” don’t miss your chance to catch one!

✨ 𝐍𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐒𝐞: Friday, August 22 beginning at dusk.
🍿 All remaining movies are proudly 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 π‚π¨π§π¨πœπ¨ππ‘π’π₯π₯𝐒𝐩𝐬.
🚚 Enjoy dinner before or during the show! Food trucks will be parked along Colorado St. from 6–10pm.

Bring your blankets, lawn chairs, and friends β€” we’ll see you under the stars! 🌟

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08/27/2025

Adults and children deserve grace and curiosity. ✨

08/21/2025

*Current Need*

Community Members: Here is an updated picture of our comfort need shelves. Thank you to everyone who regularly donates new stuffed animals and blankets.

Any amount helps and will be used to comfort a child after a forensic interview. We are always thankful to be able to give them a tangible item they can take with them.

If you would like to make a donation please call our center at 432-682-7273 or email aaguilar@mrccac.org

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08/21/2025

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The ConservatoryBuilding a lifelong love of the arts right here in the heart of West Texas.Private lessons, group classes, early childhood education, orchestras, and so much more! More than just music lessons. We believe that compassionate listeners can change the world. At The Conservatory we are f...

08/20/2025
08/12/2025

Parents, this matters a whole lot. It's part of building trust, which is ESSENTIAL not only now, but perhaps even more so, for later. ✨

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214 W. Texas Avenue, Suite 1109
Midland, TX
79701

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