Tag: Children’s Therapy

“I Understand It, So Why Do I Still Feel It?”: When Insight Is Not the Same as Regulation

Many people arrive at therapy with a great deal of insight. They have reflected.They have read.They have listened to podcasts.They may have already had counselling or psychotherapy.They may understand their childhood, their relationships, their patterns, their anxiety, their grief, or their trauma responses. And yet they still feel stuck. This can be deeply frustrating. A […]

Why Children and Young People May Need Therapy That Begins With the Hands

How Children Show Us What They Cannot Yet Say Children do not always tell us what they feel directly. Sometimes they show us. They show us through movement, silence, restlessness, withdrawal, anger, clinginess, control, play, avoidance, or the way they use their body in the room. A child may not say, “I feel overwhelmed.”They may […]

When the Hands Find What Words Cannot: Clay Field Therapy® Across the Lifespan

There are moments in therapy when words are not enough. Not because the person is unwilling.Not because they are avoiding the work.Not because they lack insight. But because some experiences are held deeper than language. They are held in the body.In the hands.In the breath.In the muscles.In the nervous system.In the way a person reaches, […]