Healing Space Therapy

04/19/2022

We are happy to share that after 6 years, HST is expanding. Our new space is being built and we are excited. Great news is that we’re less than one mile from our current office. Can’t wait for you to see it!

10/15/2021

To Co-Regulate or to Co-Dysregulate...

https://www.heysigmund.com/to-co-regulate-or-co-dysregulate-what-to-do-when-their-feelings-and-behaviour-get-big/?fbclid=IwAR1lCFuN3tzeihlrLP3VBvkJZA931jtGoFdfK-8mS2TX5-CwD8IZAquFdf0

All children can behave in ways that are … not very adorable. Big behaviour can be exhausting and maddening for even the calmest of parents. There’s a good reason for this. Children create their distress in their important adults as a way to share the emotional load when that load gets too heavy...

05/23/2021

04/27/2021

While approaches may differ, the importance of free time to play is increasingly being recognised

10/16/2020

And how to nip them in the bud before they start.

08/23/2020

As schools search for ways to educate children this school year, my heart reminds me to slow down to notice for what’s already here. We have a beautiful example of how to inspire joyful, curious learning through a screen. That example is Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood. I study Mister Rogers’ Neig...

08/13/2020

Try these positive parenting and healthy discipline tips from AAP for families facing fear, uncertainty, and long periods of time isolated at home during the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.​

08/13/2020

Good reminder from Katie Hurley, LCSW ❤️

08/08/2020

Getting ready for another round of virtual school? Get started with your routines now 🙂

Bore that I am, I do the exact same thing every morning. Up before my family, I turn on the tea kettle and walk to the street with Dulce (our Ridgeback- Pitbull-whatever rescue dog) to collect the LA Times. (Yes, I still read hard copy sometimes.) Then I make a smoothie with vitamin powder, soy … ...

08/06/2020

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/on-parenting/back-to-school-in-a-pandemic-a-guide-to-all-the-factors-keeping-parents-and-educators-up-at-night/2020/08/05/479542b4-d740-11ea-aff6-220dd3a14741_story.html

A veteran educator and an infectious-disease doctor lay out the stakes.