New Remedy Therapy

31/12/2025

It’s easy to be trapped into cry it out methods the real importance is connection and intuition. The only time it’s safer to let the baby cry is if you need a minute because you’re having invasive thoughts like wanting to shake your baby to “shut up” or stop the crying. Those words may be confronting but I’m pleased to see cry it out phasing away I just hope the phase out is balanced and promotes neuroprotective care for both mother and infant

Denmark has officially moved away from the "cry it out" method, a practice where babies are left to cry until they fall asleep. Experts say this approach can interfere with attachment and stress regulation, especially in the first year of life. Babies’ brains are highly sensitive to emotional cues, and prolonged crying can trigger the stress-response system unnecessarily.

Research shows that when infants are comforted promptly, their brains develop stronger connections in areas that manage stress, emotional regulation, and social bonding. Responding to a baby’s cries does not spoil them. On the contrary, it helps them feel safe, strengthens their nervous system, and promotes healthy brain growth.

Gentle care practices such as holding, rocking, and speaking softly to babies build trust and security. When parents provide consistent comfort, babies learn that the world is predictable and safe. These early experiences set the foundation for emotional resilience, empathy, and mental health throughout life.

By following Denmark’s example, caregivers can support the brain and emotional development of infants. Choosing gentle care over strict sleep training ensures babies feel secure, loved, and understood from the very beginning.

30/12/2025

I think the ndis PBIS space faces a similar crisis as the one outlined here in America. Practitioners can have as little training as a diploma or as little experience as being a school teacher who did some counselling on the side. This isn’t to say each of those scenarios can’t be good practitioners but it does mean the range of quality and experience for one of the highest paid line items in the ndis is largely unregulated and requires consumer discernment.

What do you expect from someone when you pay them $240 an hour ?
Minimum qualifications?
Minimum training ?
Minimum experiences ?

What would you accept ?

28/12/2025

25/12/2025

Merry Christmas to you all from one dinosaur obsessed family to another. May your trex shine bright and your teeth glow with chocolate as the day comes to an end. Thoughts that come to my mind on this day is sometimes you choose the path of peace. That might mean you don’t have a fancy table or matching pj sets, or maybe you didn’t see your kids today because that’s how things are right now. Maybe you didn’t eat a hot dinner or even make a meal today (that would be me 🙄😆) but you still are worthy of love and loved by many. You are still enough. Even if your pjs don’t match, you didn’t eat a food group outside of cheese or you had to change the sheets twice because your toilet training toddler pi**ed on your bed( also me). Twice ! Bless all the mess and the chaos and the imperfect moments and all those that choose to be part of yours

23/12/2025

All the things.

We're all doing our best right now.

Thank you for the glimmers yesterday.
My internet has been trash and won't load properly or let me comment on things.

My brain is also trash and needs to be rebooted.

Thanks for being here.

Em

21/12/2025

Some great content from the AASW

07/12/2025

Swimming or water play is a great way for your children to learn about emotions…. Let me explain. The ebb and flow of water (either natural ocean or with water play tools) teaches children about cause and effect, control and sensations. Water is a common theme in therapy not just because for some it’s regulating but because it symbolises so much . It often shows up without the child consciously knowing why, and tends to reflect deep emotional states, early developmental experiences, and sensory-regulation needs. The water can represent themes and how it’s used is often key to the symbolism. Next time your little one is in the water or maybe your still part of bath/shower time for really little people watch what they do and what games they play out.

04/12/2025

The ndis space continues to be a controversial and perplexing space

https://www.facebook.com/100054266780294/posts/1376968030788743/?mibextid=rS40aB7S9Ucbxw6v

Australia is pumping infinite money into supply-constrained markets such as disability and childcare, while the government also mandates and helps fund hefty wage increases in these sectors.

02/12/2025

Over 100 years later, the real lesson from Sigmund's Freuds paper about Little Hans is simple:
✨ When children are scared, the answer is not correction — it’s connection.
✨ Every fear has meaning.
✨ And every behaviour is a communication.
Children don’t need adults to analyse them.
They need adults who listen — with curiosity, attunement, and compassion.

01/12/2025

Modern treatment for child anxiety focuses on:
1. Relationship First
The therapeutic relationship — or the parent–child relationship — is the foundation.
Children regulate through safe adults.
2. Play as Communication
Play therapy reveals themes, fears, and meaning just like Hans’ dreams once did — but in a developmentally appropriate way.
3. Skills Through Safety, Not Pressure
Exposure is gentle and collaborative, not forced.
We build tolerance after creating safety.
4. Caregiver Support
Parents learn:
• how to respond to anxiety
• how to co-regulate
• how to reduce unintentional reinforcement of avoidance
• how to create predictability and calm
5. Understanding the Story Behind the Fear
Just like Hans’ fear had deeper roots, children today need adults who ask:
👉 “What is this fear protecting them from?”
👉 “What is this behaviour communicating?”
When we understand the story underneath, treatment becomes kinder, quicker, and far more effective.

01/12/2025

It’s easy to slip into believing that your the only one with a tricky family or situation because your having therapy. Maybe you even fantasise that your therapist “has it all together” or is “from a good family”. Sometimes this is in part true in that they have had different experiences to you but often I find lived experience brings social workers to the work they do. Lived experience isn’t essential but it brings a certain type of relatability that I feel makes therapeutic work have more depth, I don’t think you can truely imagine the struggle of family violence, of homelessness , of questioning a q***r identity or even a diagnosis until you have lived it. I’m not saying it’s essential I’m just saying it’s different. It’s important we don’t make assumptions about others; assumptions are different to judgements;but they are related. Assumptions keep us ostracised, seperate and on the outside when really connection and seeing a person as a whole being is important step to understanding ourselves and others.

30/11/2025

Current research shows that anxiety in children often arises from:
• family stress or conflict
• separation or change
• sensory overload
• unpredictable environments
• big transitions (new baby, new school, moves, grief)
• anxious or overwhelmed caregivers
• developmental vulnerabilities
• attachment ruptures
• difficult or frightening experiences
• chronic worry or perfectionism
• neurodivergence-related overwhelm
Little Hans showed us early on that children express emotional tension through phobias, rituals, avoidance, and bodily sensations. That the body and the mind evolve in recognisable patterns and themes; especially when analysed in therapy.
Today, we have far more compassionate and effective ways to understand and respond that evolved beyond what cases like this offered but they still helps us imagine the inner worlds of children.