When Your Family Needs Help
I see families in my treatment room for family play. Trained for many years to work with families with the Castellino style, Building and Enhancing Bonding and Attachment, I welcome families to come learn skills of connection and co-regulation after challenging or overwhelming events. This is a child-centered approach focused on connect and support, and we make space for the story to be told through movement and emotional expression, and for repair to be made. We support parents to self-reflect and get the support they need to heal, too. We are able to identify places in the family, especially in the lives of parents, where developmental needs have been skipped, thwarted or abbreviated, and we can appropriately offer educational and therapeutic opportunities to regain or even feel for the first time, that need being met in the context of the work we offer.
These sessions include play with balls, stuffed animals, puppets, tunnels, slides, tents, small toys, baby dolls, Styrofoam swords, and more. The play is about following the child and what naturally arises during play in the nervous system. The parent is always involved in the play and all the games and techniques used are explained to the parent. A big part of the play is to teach settling, rest and integration
Therapy with families does not include diagnoses of conditions, psychotherapy, or medical treatments of any kind, and all information is given in the form of education, support and resource to accompany the treatments.
Anatomy of Family Play:
These sessions include play with balls, stuffed animals, puppets, tunnels, slides, tents, small toys, baby dolls, Styrofoam swords, and more. The play is about following the child and what naturally arises during play in the nervous system. The parent is always involved in the play and all the games and techniques used are explained to the parent. A big part of the play is to teach settling, rest and integration
Therapy with families does not include diagnoses of conditions, psychotherapy, or medical treatments of any kind, and all information is given in the form of education, support and resource to accompany the treatments.
Anatomy of Family Play:
- Parents meet with Kate first to learn about the Principles of the work, discuss intentions and tell their story.
- Play with children and babies lasts one hour, and then Kate follows up with the parents for a phone call to listen and reflect what the parent saw, and help the parents make sense of their feelings.
- We often give homeplay exercises and skills to help families connect and for parents to meet their child in playful ways to heal early trauma or ruptures.
- Care for families is continuous until the family feels like they no longer need support.
We specialize in helping families that are having difficulty with connection and settling. This can be from a difficult birth, loss, illness, or just disruption. Kate has specialized in helping families with babies and small children, but she also helps families with children of all ages to connect and heal.
Several kinds of family sessions are offered:
Baby Bodywork for Babies age 0-1 are for families with babies having a hard time with any of the following
For Families with children over the age of 1:
Kate often sees children of any age with a variety of challenges. This approach is a child centered approach that includes the whole family. Kate does a complete intake of the issues at hand, asks questions from ancestral patterns, pregnancy, birth, and after birth. She teaches about the principles of the work for families, and includes therapy for the parents. She also teaches skills that parents can use at home. We have a child intake form that is comprehensive. These sessions address:
Fees: $150 for family intake (1.5 hours), $130 for 1 session
Read about Kate's skills and training here
Make an appointment
Several kinds of family sessions are offered:
Baby Bodywork for Babies age 0-1 are for families with babies having a hard time with any of the following
- Difficulty settling, sleeping
- Difficulty breastfeeding
- Difficulty pooping, burping
- Tongue tie issues (bodywork before and after revision)
- Crying and colic
- Developmental challenges
- Healing difficult births using the healing story, supported attachment and more
- NICU stays and surgeries
- Difficulty with bonding and attachment.
For Families with children over the age of 1:
Kate often sees children of any age with a variety of challenges. This approach is a child centered approach that includes the whole family. Kate does a complete intake of the issues at hand, asks questions from ancestral patterns, pregnancy, birth, and after birth. She teaches about the principles of the work for families, and includes therapy for the parents. She also teaches skills that parents can use at home. We have a child intake form that is comprehensive. These sessions address:
- Behavior challenges
- Difficulty at school
- Trauma
- Birth trauma
- Stress
Fees: $150 for family intake (1.5 hours), $130 for 1 session
Read about Kate's skills and training here
Make an appointment
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