Elmari Hoffman-Van Rooyen Privaat Praktyk

21/08/2026

IN DIE KLASKAMER | ELMARI HOFFMAN VAN ROOYEN

👂 Kan swak gehoor jou kind se taalontwikkeling beïnvloed?

Lorriaan Du Plessis gesels met Privaat Maatskaplike Werkster, Familie en Kinderterapeut, Elmari Hoffman Van Rooyen. Hierdie week fokus ons op Spelterapie, die effek van trauma en die welstand en belangrikheid van gesinne.

📻 Indien jy vandeesweek se episode gemis het, hier is hy: https://iono.fm/e/1708315

28/05/2026

08/03/2026

It's okay to feel all the feels !!!

18/02/2026

29/01/2026

Yes, yes and 100x's yesss !!!

Regulation isn’t something children learn on their own.

It’s something their nervous system borrows from ours first.

When a child is overwhelmed, their brain isn’t ready for lessons, logic, or consequences.

It’s looking for safety.
That safety is built through repeated experiences of:
• being met, not managed
• being soothed, not shamed
• having someone stay close until the storm passes

Over time, those moments become internal skills.
What starts as co-regulation becomes self-regulation.

If your child still needs you in their big moments, it doesn’t mean you’re doing too much.

It means their brain is still learning.

Save this for the hard days.

And if you want to understand the why behind this more deeply, my book Guidance from The Therapist Parent explores the nervous system side of behaviour — link in bio.

23/01/2026

23/01/2026

Lees gerus !!!