Navigating Trauma-Informed Care

If you spend any time on the internet, you’ve probably noticed the phrase “trauma-informed” or “trauma-informed care” being used more frequently. This is a term that we at Kinship truly appreciate. But what does it mean to be “trauma-informed”? Let’s take...

Emotionally Focused Therapy and Relationships

When your relationship doesn’t feel like it once did, or you hoped it would, it can feel earth-shattering. When the days of joy, connection, and safety feel like a distant memory and you find yourself caught in the same rip currents over and over, hope seems out of...

Grief is Non-Linear

Grief is something that comes up a lot in the therapy room. Grief shows us what we love and care about, and what is important to us. Two common misconceptions surrounding grief are that we only feel it when someone dies and that it’s a linear or quick step-by-step...

School Stress

Navigating the Storm: Managing School Stress   Phew, summer is over! Already?! As the new school year kicks into high gear, many students find themselves grappling with stress. Whether it’s the pressure to excel academically, the balancing act between school and...

Story Work

If we slow down long enough to be still, to quiet the voices in our head and to separate ourselves from the distractions that are constantly around us, we can hear the words of our body, the story it has to tell. We all have a story.  What usually happens is we aren’t...

Value of Play Therapy

Mr. Rogers wisely stated, “Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children, play is serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood.” This truly is the case with play therapy for children. Some parents may wonder about...