Willow Bay Therapy, LLC

03/24/2020

Please check this out if you are parenting a foster or adopted child...stay safe and calm everyone!

Dan Hughes talks to foster carers, adopters, parents under pressure and all adults around traumatised children as we navigate our way through the Corona Viru...

11/20/2019

My favorite adoptee resource, in honor of National Adoption month. Angela is just as authentic and amazing in person. You really should check out some of her amazing work.

October 21, 2019 Angela Tucker Transracial Adoption featured on Red Table Talk! October 21, 2019 Angela Tucker About last week….simply stated - it was a whirlwind as my birthmother, Deborah, my [adoptive] parents, my husband Bryan and I traveled to LA to film episode #15 of Red Table Talk (a talk ...

11/14/2019

Honoring all the children caught in the crosshairs of adult chaos and forced to navigate life in "the system." November is National Adoption Month, let's not forget those who aren't.

They break, you know. These kids we leave behind. Eventually they break.

09/08/2019

This position is starting at about 10 hours/week but could possibly expand to full time office manager as we expand. Combination of remote and in-office hours needed. Flexible Schedule. Positive and empowering work environment. All necessary training provided. Duties would include answering and managing phone calls, scheduling, website and social media monitoring, insurance eligibility checks, insurance phone calls/follow ups, scanning and faxing medicals records, medical billing oversight and follow ups, light office organization and tidying,etc.

05/04/2019

So many kids struggle with the structure and rigidity of our traditional education style, especially the lack of kinesthetic learning. They externalize these struggles with acting out at school. In contrast, look at the engagement of the kids in these classrooms in East Africa. No iPads, possibly no books, no standardized tests, but total attention and joy at being able to move and express themselves during the school day. Good things happen when expressive arts are routinely incorporated into education!
https://www.facebook.com/BBCRadio4/videos/586488555189196/

03/07/2019

Long overdue...the struggle is real!

Finally, the moment that kid in you has been waiting for. LEGO is releasing a brand new product, still in the testing stage. Anti-LEGO slippers. That's

11/29/2018

Our new logo designed by my incredibly talented friend and old neighbor Michele Lehtis, who listens and attunes to the needs of her clients, just like a therapist! LOVE IT!!!

11/28/2018

In honor of this month's recognition and celebration of adoption awareness...let us also soberly remember that adoption always begins as a story of loss. We need to view adoption from a balanced lens, which includes the complex developmental trauma which occurs as part of the process.

11/15/2018

For those of us in the trans-racial adoption world, this was an interesting and relevant discussion I heard this morning on MPR. It speaks to how imperative it is that we talk about racism candidly...first with ourselves, then with our children, our family, our friends. As a therapist, I would also add with our clients. If you are parenting children of color, what are you doing to further this discussion and to prepare your kids (both adopted and biological) for the issues they will confront? Even if you have not adopted, how are you talking with your kids about race, so that they can grow up to be aware of their part in the perpetuation or challenge of this social paradigm?

Racism can be one of the most difficult subjects to talk about racism with children. MPR News host Kerri Miller discussed this topic with two experts.

08/31/2018

For a Friday laugh...

08/03/2018

Great short video about why the Supernanny endorsed "time out" is not an effective discipline from a neurological and attachment perspective.

07/13/2018

Just completed a 4 day intensive with Dr. Daniel Hughes in picturesque South Portland, Maine. Although I'm physically and emotionally exhausted, training with the developer of the modality (DDP) was an experience I will not forget. I am so honored to have been able to learn from him, one of the giants in the field of attachment based family therapy. Looking forward to next summer already and hoping some of the same group of dedicated providers will be there again!