Therapeutic support for kids, teens, and families coping with chronic illness, life transitions, or grief and loss.

As a Certified Child Life Specialist for over 20 years, Katy has supported hundreds of families managing acute and chronic illnesses, including cancer and gastrointestinal disorders.

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

Katy helps kids and caregivers:

  • understand medical diagnoses in age-appropriate ways

  • manage anxiousness and fear in healthcare settings

  • feel 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

  • promote social and emotional wellbeing, family coping and cohesion

  • 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 their nervous systems with SSP during or following treatment