Katrina M Milliken, LMSW

01/18/2026

Pups are so good for us! And our kiddos 💕 🐶

Microbes in dog owning teens differ from non-dog owners.

01/12/2026

Uncertainty can be stressful, but it doesn’t have to be overwhelming. Psychological science offers practical ways to stay grounded and support your well-being when things feel unstable.

Learn more: https://at.apa.org/968d91

12/19/2025

We have some great local businesses working with us to meet needs of Chelsea residents 🤗

12/14/2025

12/07/2025

Indeed

From an attachment lens, this is the essence of co-regulation:
one regulated (or regulating) nervous system lending stability to another.
Not rescuing.
Not minimizing.
Just being the calm shoreline while the waves move through.

11/05/2025

Embrace | Chelsea is eager to introduce our latest wellness provider, Dr. Rupal Bhatnagar D.O.!

Please join us for a meet and greet with Dr. Bhatnagar, and hear about her approach to client-centered weight management and wellness.

10/10/2025

You matter

💚 Today is World Mental Health Day, first initiated in 1992 by the World Federation for Mental Health to raise awareness and support for mental well-being across the globe.

Dr. Maya Angelou often wrote about healing and the strength we find within and alongside others. In her poem “Alone,” she reminds us:

✨ “Lying, thinking / Last night / How to find my soul a home / Where water is not thirsty / And bread loaf is not stone / I came up with one thing / And I don’t believe I’m wrong / That nobody / But nobody / Can make it out here alone.”

Her words encourage us to remember that caring for our mental health is not something we must do in isolation. Reaching out, leaning on community, and offering compassion to ourselves and others are all acts of strength.

Today, and every day, let us choose connection, kindness, and hope.

09/03/2025

School is back in session! 🍎

It’s time to get back into a routine and schedule. We have immediate availability for:
💬 Speech Therapy
✏️ Occupational Therapy
👥 Social & Emotional Support

We offer one on one, individualized sessions tailored to meet your child’s specific needs.

Contact us to schedule your first session!

(734)-489-9414
chelseapediatrictherapycenter@gmail.com

06/25/2025

We have a culture of not being allowed to have needs, and it’s detrimental to all of us

You can’t train a child not to have needs.
You can only teach them not to show them.
Not to speak them.
Not to trust that their needs matter.

But those needs don’t go away — they just get buried.
And what gets buried doesn’t vanish.
It festers.

It shows up later — in anxiety, people-pleasing, overachieving, or shutting down.

When we respond to a child’s need with dismissal, frustration, or control —
We don’t make them stronger.
We just make them quieter.

And being quiet isn’t the same as being okay.

So the goal isn’t to raise children who stop needing. It’s to become parents who stop fearing their needs…

Because that’s how we raise children who know they’re worthy of being heard. ❤️

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06/21/2025

This! This concept is worked on at length in therapy.

We do not try to make anyone “feel worse” when they are happy; but we do everything to try to make people “feel better” when they are in a million other states of emotions we label as “negative”. This is problematic.

When we experience loss, our bodies need to grieve.
We need to feel the feelings associated with the loss as a way to process it. This is how we respect ourselves & honor our relationship to the separation, the loss. How we move through it & learn how to begin moving forward.

But, societally, we are so uncomfortable with people not feeling 'good' that we try to rush ourselves & others through this process by “making them feel better.”
By encouraging distraction & disconnection from what their bodies are telling them they need.

While it’s often well-intentioned, and is needed at moments (and is what we’ve learned from our families & culture), it can also be invalidating & disruptive; it often doesn’t respect the space the person is in.
It doesn’t allow the grief to be processed.
It has more to do with our discomfort than the actual needs of the person doing the grieving.

This also goes for any other unpleasant emotion - we often struggle to allow people to just be where they are so they can sit with what is.
Those feelings exist for a reason.
They let us know about our needs for safety & connection. About unresolved wounds that need our tender care & attention. They signal to us when we need to replenish our energy stores, and they help us protect what we don’t want to give.

Collectively, we need to learn how to better sit with emotional discomfort. Being compassionately present to this discomfort allows us to develop the resilience to move through moments of adversity - and life WILL be full of challenging periods and moments.

And when you get better at gently sitting with your own discomfort and listening to your own deeper needs, you intuitively get better at extending the same supportive grace to others. It’s the sort of ripple that will change your friendships, your family system, and even your community.

If you're interested in learning more about this, I'm starting a new cycle of my year long program in September, working with Cycle Breakers - those who are working to heal and shift old patterns, and are looking to practice new ways of relating to self & others in a small group of like-minded people.
Sign up at the link below:
https://theeqschool.myflodesk.com/fb4ux9zhce

06/18/2025

Good news for our community! They are located in our shared cooperative, Embrace I Chelsea

We are excited to announce the addition of two new services to the Chelsea Pediatric Therapy Center!

We are now offering social and emotional support services as well as occupational therapy.

Contact us to talk with a professional to determine whether or not your child would benefit from these services.

05/29/2025

Summer is almost here! Don't let your child's speech and language skills regress over summer break. Consistency is the key to making progress. Contact us to get on the summer speech schedule!

(734)-489-9414
chelseapediatrictherapycenter@gmail.com