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-Psychological testing and mind-body informed therapy for college students, adolescents and children

12/20/2021

❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🤍🖤🤎color meditation for HSP, empaths and 😵‍💫feelings!!

12/15/2021

🌍🇺🇸🍎🏘️🧠Especially this time of year, we are a part of so many plans. 👥all of those plans involve people whose thoughts and feelings will get caught up in your thoughts and feelings. 💨Deep breath in as you zoom out: self, family, school/work, city, country, planet....☮️Feel the immediate sense of grounding that comes from remembering: "I exist. I matter. I'm part of something bigger."

10/31/2021

🎃 Happy Halloween and happy end to our spooky scavenger hunt this week!!! 💀 so very proud of all our families contributed this week. 👩🏾‍⚕️ if you find yourself feeling scared today, here are some tips: “think about your favorite thing to think about,” (age 7), “let it all slither out and talk about it” (age 8) and “touch something soft, like your cat”(age 10). 🐍 Wishing you a very spooky day!!!!

10/20/2021

🦸🏻‍♀️ school social worker by day, C-W psych therapist by night (and weekends) 🧚🏾 specialized in kids, teens and young adults 🎨 superstar at arts, crafts and talking about big feelings
📱 DM or email us for more info on Rachel’s awesome-ness

09/29/2021

😥For some reason in psychology, it seems like it's always the last category that's the hardest. ✨ Pay attention to all of the variables surrounding this child: school, friends, interests, family, etc. 🗣️ This is the child that was previously labeled "lazy" without much of a second glance. 💚Tip: glance again! 🙉When you feel ready, have big talks, and don't push this child to self-advocate before someone else has shown them they are worth advocating for...

09/22/2021

😈AKA revenge! 🐶 These poor pups are working against their own interests, as it's really important to help these kids feel like they belong and like they matter. 🚰 Tip: don't be afraid of chores. 🍦Get creative with ways in which this child can a) be successful when contributing b) enjoy helping out, and c) increase their positive interactions with family members. 🍿One 9 year-old child in this office makes popcorn for his family every night. ✔️Authentic ✔️Helpful ✔️Very delicious

09/13/2021

🎲Have you ever felt guilty because you wanted to beat a child at a board game so badly? 💪 That may be: a power struggle. 🏋️ The good thing is that kids who like power are often comfortable with self-advocacy, leadership and other culturally reinforced skills. 🚫 But power struggles are also super isolating, as it's not that fun to play games with bossy people, and it's really hard to develop positive self-esteem when no one wants to play with you. 🧑‍⚖️Tip: back awayyyyy, acknowledge what's happening, let go of the battle and show the other person how powerful chillness can be!

09/06/2021

🤺Every single parenting trend stems from the same, very human question: what's the function of this behavior, and how do I best respond to that behavior? 🌐 Positive discipline offers the concept that our behaviors stem from the desire to connect with other people, and to contribute to our communities. 💕 Attention seeking behaviors often result in just the opposite, and we often feel irritated or worried. 🧠When used intentionally, attention is a super powerful tool for people who feel they're "doing a good job" when they have another person's attention.

📖 Book Recommendation & Cred: Positive Discipline by Dr. Jane Nelson.

08/30/2021

🌱If you look closely, some of these plants are growing and some of them aren't. 🏡A lot of people suggested I spare disappointed feelings and switch out the pots with the plants that weren't doing so hot. 💚While so well intentioned, I won't be doing that (and I'm not sadistic 😈). 🚿Each child got the same pot, the same seeds, the same soil, and NONE of them did anything wrong! 👩‍🔬With support, even the tots can appreciate this hugely important concept - just because your plant didn't grow, doesn't mean there's anything wrong with you or there's something you could've done differently!!! 🗣️ Cue next slide for coping strategies to manage disappointment, failure, jealousy, injustice and other big feelings...

08/23/2021

👴 Starting a new school year off right with the original family therapist, Dr. Alfred Adler! 📖 If you've ever read any parenting resources with the word "positive" in the title, you've no doubt encountered his incredible legacy. ✨Some other highlights include: the inferiority complex, birth order theories, and mostly...people behave better when they feel helpful/important to their communities 🌍!

07/15/2021

🌿In addition to asking "how can my child with ADHD/anxiety/etc. learn skills to cope," let's ask: "where is his/her/their light source and what are they growing towards?" 💡Humanistic psychologist Dr. Carl Rogers talks about creating "conditions" for growth (aka the learning environment). 💚 It's truly amazing - even office plants with no windows can (sort of) grow under fluorescents. ✨Plants and people really struggle to grow in dark conditions, and while we can "grow towards the light," that light needs to exist. 🔆 Why not provide that light for your loved ones?

07/08/2021

🌸 Want a pretty patch like this? ✂️Ya gotta be ruthless with deadheading - trimming off the old blooms, to encourage new growth - sometimes even in perfectly healthy looking plants. 🧠 The process mirrors neuroplasticity: the idea that new synapses branch off of our old pathways, to cope with new experiences. 💜 This growth can be awful, with big feelings, and ugly looking gaps on your flowers. 🌈 They're just temporary so be patient while those tough experiences happen and let biology do its thing.

07/01/2021

🌱It's hard to get through an entire therapy experience without your therapist mentioning "planting the seeds" at some point. 💕We love this concept because gardening so beautifully mimics human development, and the gardeners' role in supporting growth. 🌻Some seeds take, some seeds don't: with all, we really have to have some grace, trust & patience. 👀 Be on the lookout for growth because these plants don't emerge out of nowhere. 📏There's incremental change happening ALL THE TIME if you watch closely.

06/29/2021

💙 A super important aspect of processing (potentially) traumatic experiences involves recognizing that anything happened at all. ✨Your life may be really different or really similar this summer. 🍦One thing's for sure: change happened.

06/22/2021

🤺In some super famous social psych experiments, we learned that humans really like conformity. 🤓That means when we are told to change in order to fit in, we usually modify our behavior. 💕While that can make life easier, we should take a moment to remember what we lose by making one another fit into little boxes. 🏋️ If you're interested in learning more about a superstar non-conformist in the mRNA world, check out Dr. Kariko. 🗣️Her persistence helped make these vaccines possible. 🎧Listen to her story here: http://ow.ly/kkV850FfoOr

06/09/2021

🏳️‍🌈A lot of folks who identify as asexual tend to feel pretty invalidated. 💕Feedback like "you'll grow out of that," "that's just because of your trauma history" and "are you sure you just haven't met someone special?" isn't always helpful. 🌈 While it's certainly true that our sexuality constantly evolves, in relation to all kinds of variables (environmental, biological, etc.), that doesn't really give us the right to discount the asexual identity as a "phase." ✊ In the words of a wise 5th grade health teacher: "don't 'yuck' anybody else's 'yum.'"

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06/07/2021

✍️Wouldn't it be awesome if medicine was perfect and doctors always got it right? 🏳️‍🌈 We can be oh so very wrong. 📏 Even the most "specialized" among us can only do our best with the information we have. 🌈 Hot tip: you most certainly know yourself, and your child much better than any doctor or any big, messy system like healthcare. 🤺Push back when you feel "missed" - it may be the most therapeutic part of your therapy. ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

06/03/2021

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