EleMental Healing & Coaching

01/22/2026

This is a pretty solid side-by-side of the difference between Directive and Child-Centered Play Therapy. CCPT encourages a child's inner exploration of themselves in more holistic ways that allow them to find their own center and thereby authentic motivations, regulation, truths, accountability (etc.); from their own motivations to grow (vs being directed by the therapist).

In CPPT the therapist is there to help be safe witness, keep the play centered in what is real and contained in ways that don't overly disregulate the child.

Both can be effective - and - having a CCPT foundation informing the session is something that deeply aligns with my own belief in the innate intelligence in children (and all humans). I utilize other play modalities (SPT, Filial, AutPlay) but CCP is always part of every session kiddos

01/20/2026

Seeking to fill a Part-time Personal Assistant position!! Current assistant is phasing out to prepare for childbirth.

Great for another practioner, semi-stay-at-home-parent, or college student looking for some supplemental income.

IMPORTANT DETAILS:

✅Low-demand part time position (roughly 7-15 hours/wk).
✅Office located in Tempe. 1-2 days per week. Days are Wednesday & Friday.
✅️All major holidays off & most school holidays off.
✅️Due to limited work days, dependability is of high importance.
✅Would be assisting with administrative tasks, cleaning, basic computer and literacy skills, greeting client's, and helping out with weekly errands (etc.).
✅Pay is somewhat negotiable based upon skill/experience.
✅Integrity, compassion, dependability, professionalism, and ethics are of sincere importance (I specialize in working with trauma).

Inquiring where there is GENUINE interest is welcomed. Please feel free to reach out with any questions!

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01/14/2026

I wanted to share this PHENOMENAL podcast/video on the basics of the difference between male & female nervous systems. This is perfect (IMO) for anyone who is a women and/or anyone who has women (especially young women) in their lives that they care about.

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This is one of those things I've come across that I feel nearly everyone in the whole world can likely benefit from knowing (from adolescent ages and up)!

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Did you know that women are twice as likely to experience depression, yet less than 40 percent of research includes them? For centuries, medical research has...

01/13/2026

BOTH be true:

✅ You did your best AND You have new information & can make a new decision.

️✅️ You are resilient AND You need a break.

✅ You can be sure about something AND Things/Circumstances can change.

️✅️ You can be kind AND You can have boundaries.

We live in a world that oftentimes pressures us to fit into a polarized box that isn't always possible or even healthy.

The invitation is to offer your self some grace & the reminder that when we know better we do better. It doesn't have to be one or the other.

01/08/2026

6th year in a row - thanks mostly to my clients & their amazing reviews! 💚💚💚

12/10/2025

Another Play Therapy cert under the 'ole belt & this one is one I've had my eye on for years.

While many of the things I had already incorporated into my sessions, there were definitely some really good nuggets!!

The biggest is change/addition is adding a full sensory space to my playroom (vs simply some sensory items).

My kiddo clients so far have been STOKED & I am already seeing the therapeutic benefits!!

09/02/2025

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08/28/2025

4th year running as Tempe's Top Three Best Business.

This is thanks predominantly to my amazing clients!!

So honored and grateful to be where I am personally and professionally!

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08/25/2025

August Updates & Happenings:

New Availability, New Team Member & Changes for Longstanding Clients

Hello EleMental Healing & Coaching Family We hope this newsletter finds you enjoying the summer sunshine and feeling your very best. We have some brief but important updates to share with you this season - including a new team member, limited availability, and some changes for our longstanding clien...

08/18/2025

Jillian currently has a new client slot available! Excited to announce that if you've been waiting there's finally an opportunity!

08/18/2025

What if we looked at our activations as HEALING responses rather than TRAUMA responses?

After all, when we understand how to metabolize the activation, THAT is literally what creates healing and expands capacity in our nervous system.

This is essentially the foundation of somatic trauma healing; to re-experiene the activation in effectively tolerable and titrated doses so that it finally has the opportunity to metabolize, rather than constantly loop in the nervous system & subconscious processes of the body and mind.

THE BODY WANTS TO HEAL.

THE BODY & MIND KNOW HOW TO HEAL.

They just have to be allowed to work together. They have to experience (or re-experience) that being possible.

So much of our human experience with society and/or culture in the US these days competes with this, once natural process.

When our brain and body begin to work together, they learn, and they grow.

Neural circuitry is built along the way, similarly to a muscle being exercised.

Over time, this process becomes more implicit and begins to happen more instinctively.

After all these years working in trauma healing, I am convinced these "stress/trauma responses" are simply a clue to us that our systems want to restore the health that is our birthright.

Hence, the invitation to call them healing responses.

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07/20/2025

I recently found out I was named "Top 3 Best" in Tempe for the 5th year in a row.

These awards are always affirming that the years of hard work and dedication to my clients' wellbeing really means something.

I feel grateful and humbled to be in such an incredibly blessed place in this life. And so much gratitude to the amazing clients and families that I get to work with day in and out.

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