Family Therapy Center of Northern Virginia, llc

Teens & Adult

familytherapynova.com Drop-In Meditation (This is NOT therapy and is open to the public) Wednesdays 12- 12:45 $20 each, 10th Visit is FREE I love to mediate. A friend of mine experienced an unexpected traumatic loss...

Welcome to the Family Therapy Center of Northern Virginia, a Loudoun County based counseling practice in Ashburn.

familytherapynova.com Read an overview of the counseling, psychotherapy and coaching services provided. Depression, anxiety, marriage counseling, divorce, ADHD and trauma are examples of specialty areas treated at the center.

How a Gut Scare Saved My Mental Health: A Look at Enzymes, Gut Health and a Calmer Self

familytherapynova.com In this article, I want to talk about the importance of gut health from the perspective of enzyme support and would like to help you explore the connection this could have with anxiety, depression and more.

Welcome to the Family Therapy Center of Northern Virginia, a Loudoun County based counseling...

familytherapynova.com Read an overview of the counseling, psychotherapy and coaching services provided. Depression, anxiety, marriage counseling, divorce, ADHD and trauma are examples of specialty areas treated at the center.

Welcome to the Family Therapy Center of Northern Virginia, a Loudoun County based counseling...

familytherapynova.com Read an overview of the counseling, psychotherapy and coaching services provided. Depression, anxiety, marriage counseling, divorce, ADHD and trauma are examples of specialty areas treated at the center.

All Natural Tick Repellant Tweakable Recipe

familytherapynova.com Anyone who knows me knows that I am the tick police. After experiencing Lyme and co myself and watching loved ones suffer through it, I take tick repellant seriously.  I like this recipe because it...

A Cautiously Optimistic Look at The Energy Flow in Marriage and Relationships.

familytherapynova.com Does your relationship feels stuck and cold or much too conflictual? Understanding how to change this energy flow can be very important. Balance in relationships is a key ingredient to marital satisfaction and success. Is couple's therapy right for you?

Your Child Can't Sleep? Try a Structured 5 Step Sleepy Time Routine Tonight.

familytherapynova.com Sleep doesn't come easy to everyone. If your child struggles to get to sleep, try this 5 step Structured Sleepy Time Routine and learn ways to calm the body and brain and create GOOD habits.

Essential Oils Support for Lyme and PANDAS Part 2

familytherapynova.com Now more recipes to take to your healthcare team! Essential oils can be a wonderful support during Lyme or PANDAS treatment.

The New Child Abuse Panic

Creating awareness about a scary topic for parents of a child with Lyme, PANDAS or other illness that are not fully understood by the medical community.

nytimes.com Is it a crime to disagree with your kid’s doctor?

Supportive Essential Oils During Lyme & PANDAS Treatment     Part 1

familytherapynova.com As you may have already guessed from other posts in my blog, I am a healthy survivor of chronic Lyme Disease and co. Due to FDA regulations (and common sense) I can not tell you how to treat your...

Parents of special needs children need nurturing too

familytherapynova.com Being the parent of a child with special needs is not easy. Sometime the best thing to do is to just stop and breathe

Essential Oils that can help with Trauma

familytherapynova.com Healing trauma can be difficult and exhausting. Knowing which essential oils can help the process can be so helpful.

Finding an in. Teaching a teen through your own actions and finding ways to talk.

familytherapynova.com Raising a teen is not an easy task. Finding that portal in can be amazing. Realizing our part in modeling is crucial too.

July 18th, 2015

familytherapynova.com I love a good epsom salt bath! As a mama of kiddos with Lyme, epsom salt baths with added essential oils have saved the day on many occasions. I love that they not only detox the body, but that the...

Shaping the Behavior you Want to See in Your Child

familytherapynova.com Discipline is more than time outs and punitive measures. Adding positive behavior shaping methods to your plan can help!

Taking a Look at Touch Related Sensory Overload in Children

familytherapynova.com Understanding and helping sensory overload in children from the perspective of a play therapist in Northern Virginia.

Welcome to the Family Therapy Center of Northern Virginia, a Loudoun County based counseling...

familytherapynova.com Read an overview of the counseling, psychotherapy and coaching services provided. Depression, anxiety, marriage counseling, divorce, ADHD and trauma are examples of specialty areas treated at the center.

Practicing to be a Woman: The Art of Teaching a Girl How to Navigate a Life of Intention (By...

familytherapynova.com I am a mother of two. I hear myself frequently talking about the act of practicing with my children. Now that my daughter is approaching her teen years, the talks become more focused on her actions...

Behavior Management for Children

familytherapynova.com Here is a post about reducing negative behavior in children. This is part one in a two part behavior management series.

Using Yoga to Help with Physical and Emotional Stress                 By Gabrielle Anderson, lmft

familytherapynova.com I fell in love with yoga 15 years ago. It was love at first sight. I am antsy by nature and sometimes make my family crazy with my constant fidgety motion. Finding the yoga practice that worked for...

April PANDAS/Lyme Group Reminder

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Family Therapy Center of Northern Virginia, llc

Family Therapy Center of Northern Virginia is a family counseling practice that offers counseling services for the entire family. From play therapy to art therapy to traditional talk therapy, we see kids as young as 3, teens, adults, couples & families.

Can Essential Oils Really Enhance Physical and Emotional Wellbeing? By: Gabrielle Anderson, lmft

If you missed our class on Using Essential Oils with Lyme Disease, this may help give you a little bit of information.

familytherapynova.com There has been a significant amount of hype and excitement over the past few years about essential oils and their impact on physical and emotional health. With so much information out there, what can...

Happy Snow Day! From FTC

Mindfulness

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Elementary Divorce Group in Ashburn

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March LYME/PANDAS Group Info: Different Time, Place & Date!

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Anger and It's Relationship to Infection

familytherapynova.com Lyme Disease and Bartonella can create anger and rage in children and adults. Learning the differences in the causes for the anger can help one cope.

Healing Soldiers

Wow. NG has an amazing collection of masks created by soldiers. Just goes to show that you do not have to be a child to do art therapy.http://www.nationalgeographic.com/healing-soldiers/index.html

nationalgeographic.com Using Art to Reveal the Trauma of War

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strepmonster.com PANDAS is a pediatric disorder strictly associated with Strep A infections. PANS is the same disorder when the triggers are either unknown, or are associated with other illnesses like Mono, Mycoplasma, H1N1, Lyme, Coxsackie B, Varicella (chickenpox) or Flu. Both disorders require a clinical diagnosi…

VAPT NOVA Chapter Meeting

PANDAS AND PANS IN THE PLAYROOM
Presented By: Ga¬brielle Anderson, LMFT
2.0 hour training (CEUs pending)

Training Summary: Everyone has anxiety or depressive feelings from time to time, but sometimes children experience excessive worry thoughts, OCD thoughts and behaviors, panic or debilitating depression with no known cause. This training is designed to talk about the difference between regular mental health struggles in the therapeutic playroom and those as a result of possible infection.
Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal Infections (PANDAS) and Pediatric Acute-Onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome (PANS) will be explored and described as possible explanations for mental health symptoms that may not make sense in children in the play therapy environment. Participants will also be taught different play therapy tools and strategies to help clients suffering with infection.

Learning Objectives:
1. Identify and list common infections that can impact mental illness in children in play therapy
2. List gene mutations that can create mental health symptoms in children in play therapy
3. Be able to identify signs and symptoms of encephalitis (inflammation of the basil ganglia) in children in play therapy
4. Learn the role that play and art therapy can have on a child experiencing encephalitis
5. Be able to identify why and when playful Cognitive Behavioral (CBT) strategies may be helpful in a child with infection
6. Be able to learn and use new art/play therapy tools to help one suffering with encephalitis and infection

When: February 27, 2015
Where: City of Fairfax Library
10360 North Street
Fairfax, VA 22030
(703) 293-6227

Time: 10:15am-10:30am Registration/Welcome
10:30am - 12:30pm Training
Please register by 02/20/15 to Meladie Burke at [email protected] to attend. Please send your name and credentials to Meladie. She will not accept registrations after this date. Register early, as space is limited. Handouts and confirmation will be sent out the week of the training. Feel free to forward to a colleague and bring lunch. The cost of the training is $10.00 ($5.00 for students with ID). Checks made payable to VAPT. If space is still available, you may register at the door for $15.00; however, you will not receive handouts. This event is sponsored by the Virginia Association for Play Therapy (VAPT). The program offers 2.0 contact hours; full attendance is required. VAPT is approved by the Association for Play Therapy to offer continuing education credits specific to play therapy. VAPT maintains responsibility for the program. Provider # 01-109

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Family Therapy Center of Northern Virginia, llc

FTC has begun to implement a free monthly support group for parents of a child with Lyme/PANDAS. Check the website www.familytherapynova.com for details.

familytherapynova.com An Ashburn counseling practice providing individual, family and couples counseling as well as coaching serves for all ages to Loudoun county, Virginia. The center offers traditional talk therapy as well as play and art therapy for children.

Cherry Juice Supplies Melatonin and Improves Sleep

naturalmedicinejournal.com Reference Howatson G, et al. Effect of tart cherry juice (Prunus cerasus) on melatonin levels and enhanced sleep quality. Eur J Nutr. 2011 Oct 30. [Epub ahead of print] Design Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover design Participants Twenty healthy, physically active men and women…