Rachel Turner - Licensed Professional Counselor & Play Therapist

11/23/2021

I highly recommend this place! 💙

Mission Psychology is excited to announce our partnership with the Autism Learning Collaborative and our upcoming FREE virtual presentation on Friday, December 10 from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm CST.

The presentation will detail the different types of autism diagnoses (school based vs medical/clinical), evaluation process, and available treatments and services.

We hope to see you there!

10/23/2021

10/20/2021

This ones for all of you. 💕

via instagram.com/catandnat

10/19/2021

Pull those heart strings

10/19/2021

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Your entire life CAN change in a year. For the better. The key is believing that it can. When choices come up, listen to the inner whispers that remind you, very simply, to choose what is good for you, the choice that enhances your wellness.

And it starts from the inside with loving and accepting yourself more. This sounds easy, but with the pervasiveness of our inner critics, it is a practice. The good news is that when you love/appreciate/accept yourself more, the by-product is that you will know that you deserve more. YOU get to decide what works for you.

And when you know your priorities, you can get into alignment.

Some question to ask yourself:

1. Does this work for me - is it in my highest good?
2. Will it enhance my energy (physical, mental, spiritual) or take it away?

Then, when you are making those choices, you are designing a life that works around your priorities. Because you are the source, it’s much easier to find the motivation to create what is important to you. Life becomes less about discipline, and more about alignment.

Send a 💓if you are ready for positive change.

10/19/2021

Is he being defiant or he is struggling with something else…. Something that is deeper?

💕 Repost Untigering

So much of what we consider difficult, challenging, or bad behavior in our kids has to do with US—our lack of understanding, our judgment, and our desire to control.
When we reframe “misbehavior” and see the unmet needs underneath, the anger dissipates and we can attend to the root of the issue with compassion rather than reacting to the behavior with frustration and punishment.
Whenever you face a child’s challenging behavior, ask yourself:
• Are my expectations developmentally appropriate?
• Are they rebelling against my oppression and control? Do they need more autonomy and power?
• Do they lack the skills and need more patience and training?
• Are they simply hungry, tired, antsy, or have another physical need?
• Do they have unmet emotional needs like disconnection or discouragement that are causing them to behave in connection-seeking ways?
• Do they have sensory issues that overwhelm them with too much stimuli? Or do they not have enough stimuli and need opportunities to receive more sensory input and release more of their energy?
• Are they experiencing stress, anxiety, or fear? Is their anything in their environment or relationships that is new, unfamiliar, violent, tense with conflict, uncertain, etc.? Are they feeding off of our own stress?

10/01/2021

Hi everyone! 🤗

Welcome to my new page! Here you will find play therapy information, mental health encouragement and tons of parenting tricks and tips! I am an LPC (licensed professional counselor) and play therapist. I have been practicing for over 10 years now in mental health and play therapy. My speciality is play therapy with children ages 3-12, but I also enjoy working with my young teens.

I am the co-owner of Open Arms Counseling in Edna, Texas with an amazing other therapist (that has also been my bestie since kindergarten), and we have been helping and guiding clients here since 2018! I also have two of my very own little guys ( ages 4 and 8 ) that have gave me a run for my money, but have also helped me grow as a play therapist along the way.

My job brings many kinds of kids and parents into my office. I enjoy helping kids and teaching them to cope through whatever this unpredictable life has dropped on them. ADHD, anxiety, divorce, grief, abuse, depression, self esteem and just trying to manage life itself…. these are just some of the feelings that walk through our office. Helping guide the kids (and the parents) through their individual journey, is a privilege for me. The people I see change my life, just as much as I help change there’s. All for the better of course. 😉

So, if you’re needing information on counseling and play therapy, and some pretty awesome, positive ideas to help along your parenting journey ( we all know parenting is no joke-it is hard ) then this is the page for you! Along with my own parenting journey, we will conquer it at our best as we raise strong and kind children… that gain the confidence to be themselves!!! 🥁