Providing emotional and practical support to families of children with mental health concerns. Heidi works with parents, caregivers and educators to provide information and assistance while supporting a child’s behavioural and emotional needs.
Working with children and adolescents struggling with behaviour concerns, school, family relationships, and stressors relating to trauma.
Working with children and adolescents diagnosed with specific disorders like Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder, and more.
A therapeutic approach Heidi utilizes is Narrative Therapy which works on the tenet of externalizing the problem. Narrative therapy capitalizes on our storytelling tendencies to provide us with opportunities for growth and development.
Family therapy offers families a way to learn about relationships and connect in a way to develop or maintain a healthy, functional family.
For children, toys are their words and play is their language (Landreth, 2002). The symbolic meanings of a child's play is a medium for understanding and communication with the child.
Mindfulness is a way of learning how to be fully present; aware of where we are and what we are doing. Mindfulness can help reduce distraction, quiet the mind, increase our ability to detect sensations, emotions and thoughts that arise.
Sometimes couples disengage from each other when life’s struggles interfere. Heidi aids couples wanting to develop and maintain a more supportive, positive relationship when facing unexpected stress and relationship challenges.
Heidi helps individuals build strengths and strategies to attain the goals they are committed to accomplishing. She will help you effectively problem solve and support you in your social, familial, and community environments.
