RCPC Counseling and Therapy
RCPC was created and designed to help highly sensitive, deep feeling and neurodivergent kids self-express, regulate and heal to find healthier, happier selves.
I provide in-person individual counseling to children with a focus on play and nervous system based interventions so that kids can be better regulated, more connected to others and learn to love their unique brains.
I do not offer family therapy but have created a structured parent coaching program to address burnout and skill building for parents/caregivers of kids with nervous systems that run HOT. *see below*
Are you a parent who is looking for you own support in learning how to better parent your highly sensitive, deep feeling or neurodivergent children?
Click HERE for Parent Coaching offerings with me through my coaching business, Sensitivity Is Strength Coaching
Managing the world as a highly sensitive or deep feeling person is a tough job and the world doesn’t accommodate!
So much can happen that leaves us feeling frustrated, ashamed and overwhelmed, turning our households into emotional battlefields.
Do any of these challenges sound familiar?
Your child gets overwhelmed easily leading to avoidance, panic, crying or shutdown. Small things feel like big things and others’ “helpful” advice isn’t helping. Nobody seems to get your kid and how hard new or uncertain things can be.
You are getting calls or disciplinary consequences from your child’s school due to their behaviors. Home is just as hard if not worse. Maybe they already have a diagnosis and you have heard alphabet soup combos like Autism, ADHD, AuDHD, SPD, ODD or PDA. You know their emotional regulation is off – you see it every day but what are you supposed to do about it? Your child excels in some areas but is struggling in others. Your gut tells you they need something different though no one seems to be able to figure out what. You want to advocate for them but nothing you do is working.
Your child is devastated over small slights, has sensory sensitivities and/or is highly anxious. They avoid the unknown and worry about trying new things, being alone, others’ perceptions, etc. This results in school refusal, sleep issues, meltdowns or anxiety attacks and you have no idea what to do to help break the anxious spin and help them calm their bodies.
Your child the model child at school and/or with other adults but extremely challenging at home with you: cries easily, melts down, refuses to listen, combative, pushing limits, etc. You’ve tried kindness, you’ve tried yelling, you’ve tried rewarding, you’ve tried punishing but nothing seems to be working and you’re turning into a parent you don’t want to be!
You say to yourself… “Everyone else’s kid seems to be roll with the punches (so to speak). Why can’t mine?”
You don't have to exist in the overwhelm!
There is nothing wrong with your child and there is nothing wrong with you… your child just needs a different approach. There’s no perfect, one size fits all answer (and no magic wand) but it can get better!
Behavior modification (charts, plans. etc.) can produce some short-term success (or have the opposite effect for some kids) but tend not to work long term. They can also foster an unhealthy focus on outcome instead of on process and new skills. That’s not the way.
Instead, we have to focus on emotional regulation, self-acceptance and understanding and skill building that works.
When we feel better we do better.
My therapeutic approach is child-led because kids already know what they need (deep down).
I believe that play is kids’ language and behavior is communication 100% of the time.
My job is to listen to what I see and follow their lead.
With me, you won’t see worksheets, talk therapy or homework…
but you might see art projects, board games or hear us getting loud sword fighting or building forts.
I am about connection and co-regulation to improve emotional regulation as well as social skill practice through play to improve social engagement.
