Resources
This space holds a collection of written reflections from Rain & Me. Children’s Therapy.
These pieces sit alongside the therapeutic work and are shaped by the same way of listening — to children, to relationship, to place, and to the wider living world we move within. They are offered as places to pause, to wander, and to sit with questions that arise in caring for children and families.
The writing here is not intended to teach, instruct, or offer answers. It moves slowly, staying close to lived experience and to what is noticed in practice — moments of connection, uncertainty, regulation, dysregulation, creativity, and care.
Across these reflections, you may find gentle threads around:
emotions as meaningful experiences rather than problems to fix
nervous system responses as adaptive and shaped by context
children’s behaviours as communication arising within relationship, place, and environment
art therapy as a way of making room for expression, presence, and meaning
the importance of feeling safe enough to be oneself
Some pieces are grounded more explicitly in research and theory; others are quieter and more reflective. All are written from within a relational, neuroaffirmative, and ecologically attentive practice.
These resources are here for parents, caregivers, educators, and practitioners who feel drawn to slower ways of thinking about children — ways that value listening over urgency, relationship over control, and care over correction.
You’re welcome to enter this space gently. To read what calls to you, to return when it feels right, or to simply let a piece sit with you for a while. Nothing here needs to be taken up or applied. It is enough to notice, reflect, and stay curious.
These reflections are not therapeutic interventions and are not a substitute for counselling or art therapy sessions.
After Healing: Grief, Capacity, and the Lives We Reimagine - Part Two
What happens when healing has worked, insight is present, and yet life still does not settle? This two-part reflection considers grief after healing, the reality of capacity in a changed world, and how different forms of living can quietly emerge once old ideals fall away.
After Healing: Grief, Capacity, and the Lives We Reimagine - Part One
What happens when therapy has helped, insight is strong, and regulation is available — but life no longer fits old expectations? This piece reflects on grief, capacity, and the possibility of reimagining a life shaped by choice rather than survival.
The Nervous System That Grew Up Too Early
Some nervous systems were shaped in homes without reliable regulation or safe exit. What develops is not dysfunction, but adaptation — carried forward into adult life.
When Experience Becomes Evidence: On Judgment, Worth, and Surveillance
Many people live under an internalised judge — one that reads feelings, responses, and outcomes as proof of worth. This piece names how experience becomes evidence, and what it means to live under that gaze.

