Sousa & Associates: Specializing in Child Psychotherapy & Play Therapy

11/24/2025

Phrases I have on repeat with my 4&6 year old to teach boundaries, respect, and kindness!

09/27/2025

📢 PSA: Online Safety

The internet can be amazing…but it also comes with real risks.

Our kiddos deserve supervision, guidance, and open conversations about what they’re doing online. If you wouldn’t want your kiddo to have a stranger in their bedroom….yet allow open access to the web…allowing for unlimited access to strangers, reels, content, friends…What’s the difference? Youth may not have the self governing skills to establish boundaries, sense into what feels risky and unsafe…because child development actually demands that kids lean into just that!! Without the safe guardrails provided by a tech savvy grown-up…open online access can have devastating consequences. Clinically, helping children impacted by online bullying, exposure to unspeakable violence, experiences of exploitation, grooming, luring and abuse is more frequent than you may know.

As caregivers, staying curious and connected helps children feel both safe and empowered.

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Let’s protect their digital world the same way we protect their everyday one.

— Sousa & Associates

09/27/2025

Oh la la..significant therapeutic shifts can look like this…

09/03/2025

“I’m so glad you told me…”

09/02/2025

DBT – but make it doodled! Follow this flowchart to navigate through the skills in the module of

Like it? boy, do I have more for you. This summer, I’ve been quietly dropping dozens of DBT-themed resources on my Patreon. These are the same interactive visuals I’m binding into a full DBT activity book this fall – but Patrons don’t have to wait.

Instead of dry worksheets, these pages reimagine skills through doodle-style diagrams, interactive prompts, and visual storytelling. If you’ve been curious about supporting my work, now’s a great time to hop in and get early access to the entire activity book (plus 250+ other resources I’ve created) for $6/mo. Find me on Patreon

08/22/2025

Therapist check-in:

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08/02/2025

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