I have worked with children and families for close to 20 years in the Puget Sound area in many capacities. I’ve worked in child care centers, elementary schools, middle schools, high-schools, in-home programs, family shelters, and mental health clinics. I had been trained in all the evidence-based models for child behavior modification. I thought I had ALL the parenting tools. But then I became a parent… and suddenly those '“behavior modification techniques” either didn’t work or felt downright awful. I found myself wondering,” there’s got to be a better way. A way that leads with connection, love, and humor rather than simply trying to change my child’s behavior. After all, isn’t all behavior communication?” This led me on a journey to find that better way. I found interpersonal neurobiology (the science of relationships and the brain) and it changed how I work with children and families. I found a way to parent that feels loving, connected, and playful. 

My practice became enhanced when I became a parent. I have always approached children with respect, compassion, and curiosity. But I’ve developed a deeper understanding of children and their parents. Parents don’t want to change behavior, they want a happy, healthy child. Children don’t want to “be bad” they want to do the right thing. If a child’s behavior is getting in the way of them being able to connect, express love, or grow, then they are struggling. It is in those moments of struggle that they are in desperate need of connection to their caregivers. Don’t worry, I’ll teach you how to get regulated first so you can offer that regulation to your child. Then you can get back into loving, playful, connection.

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