Plum Tree Psychology

02/19/2026

“BFFs are Good for Kids”
Watching your child form a close friendship can be incredibly meaningful. That one special friend their “BFF” often becomes a source of joy, comfort, and confidence. While all friendships matter, close friendships play a unique and powerful role in children’s emotional, social, and developmental growth. . .
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BFFs are Good for Kids. Professors out of Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center released results of a study about friendships.

02/14/2026

Raising an Intellectually Gifted Child
Compiled by Ann Weller, PsyD, Pediatric Psychologist

Raising an intellectually gifted child can be both exciting and challenging. On one hand, these children show remarkable curiosity and advanced thinking. On the other hand, they often struggle with emotions, perfectionism, and uneven development.

This guide helps parents better understand giftedness and twice-exceptionality (2e) and how these traits may appear in everyday life. However, it is important to note that this resource does not provide a diagnosis. Only a licensed clinical psychologist can determine whether a child is gifted or twice-exceptional through a formal evaluation.

Instead, this guide offers practical insights and supportive strategies to help children thrive emotionally, socially, and academically. . .
Click the link below or in our IG Bio for the guide.
🔗 https://www.theplumtree.net/raising-an-intellectually-gifted-child/
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02/10/2026

Infinite Possibilities Parent Coaching
1:1 Sessions for Caregivers of Autistic Children:

Infinite Possibilities empowers parents and caregivers through personalized 1:1 coaching sessions designed to help you better understand, support, and celebrate your neurodivergent child.

After a new autism diagnosis, many parents share the same feeling: overwhelm. Questions like “What do we do next?” or “Where do we even start?” are incredibly common. Fortunately, you do not have to navigate this journey alone.

Learn more about Infinite Possibilities Parent Coaching below.

Infinite Possibilities Parent Coaching empowers caregivers with knowledge, tools, and confidence, all while centering understanding and acceptance of neurodiversity as the foundation for growth. What we often hear from parents is a sense of overwhelm following a diagnosis. Plum Tree Psychology’s c...

02/07/2026

The cold weather and shorter days of winter can negatively affect mental health. There are, however, activities that benefit mental health even in the cold weather. Here are a few ideas to keep your family regulated and moving in the winter. . .
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02/05/2026

Plum Tree provides multidisciplinary evaluations that offer a comprehensive understanding of how each child thinks, learns, and experiences the world. Through neuropsychological testing, these evaluations examine how attention, memory, reasoning, emotions, and energy levels work together to shape a child’s daily functioning.

Our multidisciplinary evaluations bring together expertise from psychology, education, speech and language, and medical perspectives. By looking at patterns across these disciplines, we identify each child’s unique strengths and challenges and gain insight into how they learn, regulate emotions, and relate to others. Parents often share, “This describes my child perfectly and explains things more clearly than I ever could.”

Most importantly, multidisciplinary evaluation results lead to clear, actionable guidance. Our reports translate findings into practical recommendations for home, school, and treatment settings. Families leave not only with answers, but with a clear plan that helps parents, educators, and providers know what to prioritize next.

Click the link below to learn more about our practice and the evaluation process. . .
https://www.theplumtree.net/multidisciplinary-evaluations/ . .

At Plum Tree, we go beyond standard testing. Our team works together across psychology, neuropsychology, education, speech and language, autism, and medical to understand your whole child. This approach gives you deeper, more meaningful insights into your child’s strengths and needs.

02/05/2026

"Five Coping Strategies for Kids at Home"
Kids experience big emotions like stress, frustration, boredom, worry, and when they’re at home more, those feelings can show up in big ways. The good news is that there are simple, effective coping strategies children can learn and practice right at home to help them calm their bodies, express their feelings, and build emotional resilience. . .
To read the full blog post, click the link below or in our IG Bio.
📎https://www.theplumtree.net/five-coping-strategies-for-kids-at-home/

01/31/2026

🤔Looking for simple ways to support your child’s emotional growth at home?🤔
💡In our latest video, we share 5 family activities that help build emotional intelligence (EQ) through connection, conversation, and everyday moments.
🧠These activities support skills like emotional awareness, empathy, communication, and self-regulation, and can be done with children of all ages. . .
💡5 Simple Ways to Strengthen Emotional Intelligence💡:
1️⃣ Cook Together
2️⃣ Play Outside
3️⃣ Crafting
4️⃣ Family Game Night/Board Games
5️⃣ Storytelling & Reading . .
Click the link below or in our IG Bio to learn more:
“5 Family Activities that Strengthen Emotional Intelligence”
🔗 https://www.theplumtree.net/5-family-activities-that.../
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01/30/2026

We’re excited to share a streamlined way for our self-pay patients to get reimbursed for therapy services using their out-of-network insurance benefits. Many patients don’t realize there is a quick and easy way they can receive money back from their insurance company, even when seeing an out-of-network provider.
We know how important it is to you that your child receives care. We also know that understanding insurance claims or self-pay options can feel overwhelming. We want paying for care to feel as straightforward as possible. Click the link below for our easy-to-understand guide on your insurance claim and self-pay options with us at Plum Tree Psychology. We are here to help. . .
🔗 https://www.theplumtree.net/billing/
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01/29/2026

📣We’re excited to share an important milestone for our Bloom location: We expanded!📣
👏🏻Thanks to the continued trust and support of our community, we’ve acquired additional office space at our Bloom location, allowing us to add 10 new therapy offices. This expansion significantly increases our ability to serve families who are seeking high-quality mental health care.
😁What this means for our community:
Improved appointment availability and reduced wait times
Space to welcome additional clinicians and specialty services
A more comfortable environment designed to support healing and growth
🧠At Plum Tree, our mission has always been to meet families where they are and provide thoughtful, personalized care. This expansion is a direct response to the growing need for mental health services in our area, and we’re proud to invest locally to meet that need responsibly and sustainably.
🌿Whether you are a current client, a referring professional, a school partner, or a community member who believes in accessible mental health care, thank you for being part of this journey. We look forward to continuing to grow, while staying grounded in the values that define our practice.
🤝If you or someone you know is seeking services, we invite you to reach out or visit our website to learn more.
With Gratitude,
The Plum Tree Team . .
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01/28/2026

📖“AI And Child Interaction“ Read the full post at the link below and in our IG Bio. 📖
Artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer confined to science fiction, it’s now a part of our children’s lives. From homework help to “AI friends” and smart toys, kids and teens increasingly interact with systems that can converse, respond, and even simulate emotional engagement. AI has moved from “a tool on a screen” to something that can talk back, remember context, and simulate warmth. For kids and teens, that changes the nature of the interaction: it can feel less like using software and more like engaging with a social partner. That shift is what makes AI exciting for learning and uniquely complicated for child development and safety.
What does this mean for young minds and for the adults guiding them? . .
🔗 https://www.theplumtree.net/ai-and-child-interaction/
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01/26/2026

Five Coping Strategies for Kids at Home.💕🎉

Kids experience big emotions like stress, frustration, boredom, worry, and when they’re at home more, those feelings can show up in big ways. The good news is that there are simple, effective coping strategies children can learn and practice right at home to help them calm their bodies, express their feelings, and build emotional resilience.

01/21/2026

🗓️We have expanded our schedule to help more kids.
🗓️Our approach is collaborative and patient-centered, with time built in for careful assessment, ongoing support, and adjustments as needed.
🥗Gone is the myth that mental health is separate from physical health! More and more, research is showing the links between mind and body. As a practice, our philosophy is to support activities of daily living that reduce a child’s vulnerability to having difficulties. We harp on diet, sleep, and exercise.
👍Most families who find their way to our clinic prefer to consider medication as a later step in treating pediatric mental health. We agree! Research shows that specific kinds of evidence-based therapy, social skills training, psychoeducation, and supportive reflection can go a long way to ameliorate symptoms of mental illness.
😁And! Medication does truly work, and for many children it’s truly helpful. There are medicines that help with anxiety, sadness, irritability, and energy levels. While medications don’t directly address social, family, or academic difficulties, they do reduce psychiatric symptoms so that gains are possible in all these areas.
To make an appointment and learn more about our whole-child approach to medication, click the link below and in our IG Bio: . .
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🔗 https://www.theplumtree.net/schedule-appointment/ . .