An amazing kind of side effect of the work that I do is that I now get to be in community with this amazing group, this really incredible group of women who are putting their kids first, who are bucking the system, who are nonconforming and doing exactly what needs to be done so that...Read More

All play is valid. I had a professional in my house once, trying to convince me over and over again to do things his way. To not foster my son’s interest in animals and dinosaurs, to not support his regulation by following his cues. He wanted me to interrupt my son’s play. To disrupt it...Read More

In a session the other day we were talking about the concept of masking, or wearing a mask. How in its most literal sense, it doesn’t really fit what happens when we mask. We don’t pick something up and place it in front of ourselves. A physical mask has hard edges. A definite line between...Read More

A lesson I needed to relearn today. We have a tendency to speed things up when we, or others, are in distress. To get things over with as quickly as possible, for the uncomfortable thing to have passed and the issue to be resolved. This is particularly true with our young people. When they are...Read More

This is our first “trip out” in three and a half months. Other than the occasional dog walk, and a few occasions visiting family members with the dog firmly by our side, we’ve been unable to leave the house for all this time. I’ve worked with young people who have found school and educational settings...Read More