When one member of the family is facing a crisis, everybody in the family is impacted.

Katy works with children and their caregivers to build understanding and resilience by exploring how the brain and body respond to stress. Whether your family is coping with illness, injury, anxiety, big emotions, or uncertainty, learning about and supporting the nervous system can be a powerful tool.

By understanding how the body tries to protect itself in times of stress, families can begin to make more sense of their reactions and behaviors. This shared knowledge helps everyone—from toddlers to teens, and parents too—navigate challenges with more clarity, compassion, and confidence.

Together, we’ll build shared language and practical strategies that support emotional regulation, healthier coping, and family cohesion as you navigate treatment, transition, or loss.

Sessions may include the following areas of focus:

• promote social and emotional wellbeing, family coping and cohesion

• understand medical diagnoses in age-appropriate ways

• manage anxiousness and fear in healthcare settings

• feel more prepared and empowered to cope with specific aspects of treatment

• process questions and emotions related to medical treatment and changes in the family

• cope with difficult aspects of treatment, such as physical changes, pain, and disruptions to typical routines

• support wellbeing and pain management with Reiki energy healing

• collaborate with schools to support kids who are coping with their own, or a loved one’s, diagnosis

• navigate end-of-life care and bereavement support

• nurture your nervous system with SSP during or following treatment or transitions