Children Services
So what are we doing when we work with children and kinesiology in clinic?
I adore working with children – they are so connected and so amazing. It’s always cool when they explain how they are feeling and what their bodies are feeling.
My role as a kinesiologist when working with children is to teach emotional intelligence. I work with the children and the parents to break the cycle of emotional reaction. I work to teach the child how to verbalise and recognise their feelings.
Another really important aspect of what I do in clinic is educating and helping parents to understand what their child’s behaviour is trying to tell them about how and what their child is feeling.
And then once we’ve talked about it, we release the energy on a physical\nervous system level from whatever past hurt is causing them to react the way they are. We relax \reset the body with a combination of body work and energy work. And we give the children a little tool (like a rock or a crystal) that they can use going forward to help them relax their own systems.
For babies and toddlers, it’s a little different. With babies and toddlers I will often use Mum or Dad to surrogate. That means that I use Mum’s body for example to find stresses for the baby. All corrections and adjustments are made to the child as appropriate. I will work with your child in whatever way works for them – on the table, on the floor, with the child sitting on Mum’s lap, maybe while they are playing with toys. We will find a way.
How many kinesiology sessions will I need for my child?
This really depends on the child, their situation and what issues we are working on. I generally recommend 4 or 5 sessions – but of course it could be more and it could be less! I work with you until you tell me that you don’t need me anymore. And I’ll see you again any time there is change or upheaval in your child’s life that they need to be supported through.
In a nutshell – It’s my job to support you and your child as they move through the emotional upheavals of life and as they discover who they are. Another Kinesiologist described her clinic as an ‘emotional dump zone’ which I loved – that’s it exactly. It’s a safe place where they can be emotionally vulnerable and be safe in processing
How do you know when your child needs some extra support and kinesiology?
Seems like a difficult question right? Wrong actually..
Children can always benefit from some extra support – don’t forget childhood is a time of immense change. They are physically growing and changing? We expect them to move through massive life changes – and it is not easy.
How nervous are you when you are going for an interview, starting a new job, having to meet new people, doing a talk? And you have years of life experience behind you.
For our kids – it’s often the first time they have to face a particular situation and these are ‘HUUUGGGEEE’ for them.
- New siblings
- Parents job changes – so childcare changes, access to parents may change
- Brain development
- Starting day care – meeting new people, being controlled and cared for by complete strangers
- Learning how to socially engage
- Wanting to fit in and be liked
- Starting school – don’t know anyone who would like to do that again….
- First fallout\arguments with their peers
- Realising that I am not good at certain things – not feeling good enough
- Exams
- Puberty
- First dates
- Learning to drive
- Finishing high school – and not knowing what’s coming next
- Etc etc etc
Looking at that list is enough to make any one of us anxious. It is so normal for our children to struggle with many or even all of these things.
And that’s where I come in. I sit in the space between where parents can help and before things are bad enough that a child psychologist is needed.
I hold a safe place\support for kids when parents do not have capacity or knowledge to ‘fix-it’ for their kids.. And let’s face it – we always listened to our parents and knew that they were right about everything – Ha Ha….
Life and kinesiology is all about finding and working through the emotions that our children are feeling. About helping them to be more and more emotionally intelligent. To provide them with a space where they can be vulnerable and unload emotionally. To clear energy as required, to reset their nervous system and to empower them to manage and regulate themselves.