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Parenting Through Play

Practical, relationship-based strategies for Parents of Children Ages 2–10

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Trusting a stranger with your child can be difficult, so I hope to let you know a little bit about myself. A promise I make is that once your child walks through my doors, I have their best interest in heart. I am a mother of two wonderful children, my almost-two year old girl and my 10 year old boy. I am married and have laid my roots down in Murrayville, Langley (such a lovely community!) We love camping, adventure days, water-fall seeking, travelling, swimming, and lazy days snuggled up on the couch.

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  • ADHD
  • School transitions
  • Emotion Regulation 
  • Childhood development
  • Neuropsychology of the child’s brain 
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder and Pathological Demand Avoidance 
  • Fetal Alcohol Syndrome 
  • Life transitions and adjustment disorders
  • OCD 
  • Anxiety, Depression
  • Children of parents with mental health or substance misuse issues  
  • Gender and sexual identity issues
  • Parent-Child Relationships
  • Separated and divorced families 
  • High-conflict families 
  • Children who have experienced trauma 
  • Children with MCFD involvement 
  • Youth challenges 
  • Support and Advocacy with School-Based Teams

Education

B.A. Psychology, Counselling & Human Development (Simon Fraser University, 2017)

M.A. Counselling Psychology (Yorkville University, 2024) 

RCC Registered Clinical Counsellor (BC Association of Clinical Counsellors)

Training

Play Therapy (Crossroads Collective Learning Institute 2023-2024) 

Dialectal Behavior Therapy, DBT (2024) 

Motivational Interviewing Level I and II (2022) 

Training on Domestic Violence through BCSTH (2022) 

PEACE Program for children who have witnessed violence (2019) 

Play Therapy Introduction with CTRI (2019) 

Child and Youth Mental Health Symposium (2022) 

AFCC High-Conflict Training on alienation, voice of the children, understanding child resistance (2023) 

Non Violent Crisis Intervention (2020) 

Mental Health First Aid (2022) 

Relationship Matters: Trauma Sensitive Care  (2019) 

Attachment: Strategies for engaging and helping (2019)

Addictions and Mental Illness – Working with Co-occurring Disorders (2019)

Raising Children who Launch: Navigating your Child’s Education (2019)

Rolling with ADHD (2019) 

SAFETALK: Suicide prevention and support (2019)

Speciality Areas

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"Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children, play is serious learning. Play is a child's work."