Family Tree Therapy

05/30/2026

05/29/2026

Anxiety visited the therapy room today. 🤍

Instead of asking it to leave, we explored ways to support it gently.

Through play, storytelling, comfort snacks, movement, cozy spaces, deep breaths, and connection, we showed children that anxiety doesn’t have to be handled alone.

Sometimes the goal isn’t to make anxiety disappear.
Sometimes the goal is helping a child feel safe enough to understand it, care for it, and move through it with support.

In this post, we shared a few ways anxiety can be welcomed into the space - with curiosity, compassion, and play.

05/27/2026

As the weather gets warmer, many children begin noticing more people experiencing homelessness in their communities. These moments can bring up big questions, and books can help us respond with compassion, honesty, and empathy. 🤍

Here are some of our favourite children’s books to help start age-appropriate conversations about homelessness, kindness, community, and caring for others.

Teaching children empathy doesn’t start with having all the “right” answers — it starts with creating space for curiosity, understanding, and humanity.

Save this post for later & follow along for more family mental health and parenting resources 🌿
Belleville Downtown District

05/22/2026

Starting a new series: therapy tools parents can borrow 🧰✨

One of our favourites is P.A.C.E: a parenting and relationship approach that helps children feel safe, understood, and connected. P.A.C.E comes from Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (DDP), a relational neuroscience-informed approach that highlights the importance of safe, connected relationships in healing and development.

Think of it as the “ketchup” of connection… because you can add it to almost anything 🍟❤️

Small shifts in how we respond can make a big difference in how children experience support.

05/20/2026

Get to know Taylor Nelson and Winston 🐾

Taylor is the Clinical Director at Family Tree Therapy, bringing warmth, leadership, and compassionate care to the practice each day. Winston is Taylor’s co-therapist who specializes in snuggles!

Together, they help create a welcoming and supportive space where clients can feel safe, connected, and cared for.

Belleville Downtown District

05/14/2026

At Family Tree Therapy, ongoing learning is an essential part of how we show up for the children and families we support. Our child therapists are currently engaged in Play Therapy training throughout the spring and summer, and we are proud members of the Canadian Association for Play Therapy, which supports our commitment to ethical practice and professional accountability.

We look forward to continuing to integrate what we are learning into our daily work in thoughtful, practical ways that support the emotional needs of children and families.

05/12/2026

We’re excited to be one of the community agencies attending this family event at Press Play Café 😊

They’re opening their entire indoor family café and play space FREE for the day, creating a fun, welcoming space for families to play, connect, and explore local community resources together 💛

Come say hi, meet local organizations, and enjoy a day of connection and play with your little ones! 🌿

Drop-in Event
Saturday May 23rd from 10-4
135 Station St, Belleville On

05/10/2026

Motherhood is part love, part emotional support, part crisis management, and part trying to remember why you walked into the room. 🤍

To the moms co-regulating nervous systems, translating tiny human emotions, carrying the mental load, and doing their best with interrupted thoughts and cold coffee, we see you.

Happy Mother’s Day to the caregivers holding so much, often without pause. 🌿

05/07/2026

Mental Health Week is a reminder that mental health is something we all carry through different seasons of life: including children, teens, and the adults who care for them.

At Family Tree Therapy, we believe support should extend across the whole family system. Children thrive when they feel understood and emotionally safe, and caregivers thrive when they feel supported rather than stretched alone.

This week is an invitation to check in, not just on how your child is doing, but on how you are doing too. Because no one is meant to hold it all by themselves.

If you’re looking for support, connection, or a place to begin, there are resources available and you don’t have to navigate it alone.

05/04/2026

We are so happy to announce that the Family Tree Therapy Quinte West office has officially reopened! Lindsay and Sonya have been working hard to redesign this space 💖 it’s filled with intention, joy and so many plants 🪴

We are excited that this new chapter has officially begun!