Children | Step by Step Counseling

Tips for parents to a child coming out.

Mom…..Dad……..I’m Gay. If you have had this conversation, things to remember when your child has come out to you. Do not overreact. If you need time to digest what you have just been told, be honest and say that. Your child didn’t just...

Summer time, Moving time

by Jennie | Blog

For many families, summer time, is when they choose to move. Families choose to move during this season, because they wanted their children to finish out the school year with their friends, or perhaps, their company’s fiscal year ends in June/July, and the...

Dysfunctional Family Habits, How to Fix Them

by Jennie | Blog

A dysfunctional family is a family unit which includes strange behaviors, conflict and sometimes abuse or neglect occur. Children grow up in these families with the understanding that the dynamics are normal. Sometimes the adults in the families become...

National Play Therapy Week

by Jennie | Blog

“You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation” Plato – 427–347 BC Happy National Play Therapy Week to all the play therapists out there, and clients who are receiving play therapy services!! What is Play...

Theraplay®

by Jennie | Blog

In 2010, after I completed my play therapy certificate program, I took a graduate level course, in Theraplay®. I chose to take the course, because I wanted to learn more about ways to work with those children and adolescents who struggle with attachment disorders. I...