Take a look at some of the services offered here at our Wellspring office. We welcome your call and look forward to the possibility of scheduling a few sessions with you. And come back for a visit to pick up a new Tips to Try resource too!

Create a Positive Interaction Cycle With Your Child
What is this?  A Positive Interaction Cycle occurs when a parent, or other caretaker, provides a variety of stimulating experiences for the child as they spend relaxed time together. Its a mutually beneficial process of positively interacting with each other. In addition to the wonderful feelings this generates, it also reduces acting out behaviors and increases intellectual development!

These stimulating experiences are intended to involve the full range of your senses and they provide an opportunity for mutual exploration and child-directed play.  But please hold back on the tendency to slip into the lecture-teacher mode. Kids don't feel connected with you when you do this and they don't usually enjoy it.  Instead, provide a safe open place that gives the child's joyfully creative mind the opportunity to soar and explore!

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Some example activities might be :
1. Set up a relaxed time where you can taste a variety of foods which have different textures, colors or temperatures. Or maybe foods that taste sour, sweet, bitter or salty. How does each food smell? How does it sound when they chew each bit? You can invite them to briefly describe how each piece of food feels to their fingers when they hold it or to their tongue when they chew it.

2. Plan an activity where you put different textured items in a bag and the child tries to guess what it is, learning how to put feelings into words as they describe the texture.

3. Do things that involve moving their big muscles like running, skipping, jumping, stretching, balancing or climbing. And other activities that involve their fine motor skills like drawing or making something together.

4. Go outside and listen to nature sounds and city sounds. While learning to be mindful about what you and your child are experiencing in that moment you are also helping the child learn how to put feelings into words so they can communicate and connect with others and with themself.

Forming healthy adult-child bonds, especially in the earliest days of life, is a reciprocal experience. The adult and child each influences the actions of the other and both are enriched a great deal.

Lively social interactions are one of the most important parts of parenting. The more social interactions a child has, the more strongly attached he/she becomes to that person and the more likely he/she is to feel lovable and worthwhile. These are important components of self-esteem.

Your ability to create a Positive Interaction Cycle is a very effective way to of generating emotional health in your family.  It might take a little practice to become comfortable with this relaxed explorative play, but it can bring you and your child such joy. I hope you'll give it a try!

Finding Effective Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Ask yourself, where have you been looking for solutions lately... outside or inside?

When you are feeling uncomfortable in your own "house", have you given the outside a new coat of paint in attempts to make things seem better? You might actually have a few Emotional Bugs inside, behind     the walls, and not realize that they are the things that are making you uncomfortable.

A few appointments at our office can help you discover the most effective way to resolve the issues you are struggling with.  Using a teamwork approach, we can figure out whether they are "outside issues" or "inside issues" or maybe a little of both.

Common Stressors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

If you or your child are experiencing one or more of life's countless transitions you could benefit from a few brainstorming sessions, or assessment sessions, as you continue your search for effective solutions.

Find out what your child might be trying to tell you through their coded language of behaviors. Once parents learn to read their child's behavior more accurately a new level of cooperation and happiness can open up for the whole family.

Add valuable tools to your problem-solving repertoire in a supportive atmosphere.   We build on your existing strengths as you go through this process of change. Then the most positive outcomes are made available to you and those you love.

- Job/career changes      - Birth or adoption            - Moving to new home
- Hospital stays              - Blending of families         - Marriage
- Family role changes         - Death in family             - Child custody
- Divorce                           - Co-workers issues           - Child leaving

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Scheduling Sessions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Morning, afternoon and evening sessions are available. Play therapy sessions for younger children are usually best to schedule earlier in the day or directly following school.

Weekly fifty minute sessions are typically scheduled for most issues, while more frequent sessions or longer session times can be arranged for dealing with crisis situations .

Take the first steps toward finding solutions for your most pressing issues by calling our office to schedule an appointment.

Contacting Wellspring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Phone:
925 831-2442
The fastest way to make contact is by calling the Wellspring office and in most cases your call will be returned the same day.

Email:
DeborahRogers@TherapyWellspring.com
A return phone call will usually be made within two business days.

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