Have you ever wondered about the best way to play with your child? It is ideal if we can play in a way that helps our child express their emotions, feel validated, and find their own resources and solutions. When children play, they often enact their experiences, thoughts and feelings. Through play, a child learns how to be in the world, deal with strong emotions, process difficult experiences and act in social circumstances. During a conversation a child will sometimes be

During a family constellation session, we often look for a traumatic event that created the struggle or discomfort you or your child feel in the present moment. So how big does a trauma need to be? What are we actually looking for? I would like to share a case study that highlights the importance of noticing, expressing, and acknowledging what happens to us at the time it happens. A father was concerned because his eight-year-old daughter suddenly refused to sleep in her room

Sometimes we need to apologise, not necessarily because we were wrong, but because the other person feels hurt, sad, or upset by something we said or did. When we say sorry, we are also saying without words, “I see you.” I see your pain. I see your anger. I understand how you feel, and how you feel is valid. We are also acknowledging our part in how the other person feels. Each of us sees the world through our own eyes, shaped by our beliefs, experiences, and expectations. No

On my walk this morning I noticed that on one side of the road there was an autumn tree with red leaves on it, and on the other side of the road there were bushes with new spring flowers. It was very beautiful to see, but what astonished me was that I noticed it at the exact moment I was thinking about how I might change my perspective. I have been struggling with a certain perspective about a situation in my life. Holding this perspective has made me feel like a victim, angr