Check out our latest blog article “Teaching Problem Solving Skills is Easy as Stop, Opt, Go” for tips on helping your child or teen enhance their problem solving skills. Erica Sewell is the Founder of Full Circle Counseling and Family Services, PLLC in Dallas, TX. Full Circle Counseling and Family Services is located on the […]

We’ve all seen it. The young child who can play a musical instrument, recite their address, spell their name but when they are on the playground and another child tries to play with their toy… meltdown, or a teen who is easily bothered by noise and reacts negatively to students on the bus. Everyday we […]

Erica Sewell, LCSW, RPT, Certified Autism Specialist Plato said it best when he stated that “you can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.” Welcome to the world of Play Therapy! In celebration of National Play Therapy week, February 5th– 11th, I have highlighted below five […]

Erica Sewell, LCSW, RPT, Certified Autism Specialist January is the time for New Year’s Resolutions. I’m wondering how many of you put self-care on your list? I was returning home after the holiday’s and the flight attendant once again reiterated the airline protocol that adults put their oxygen masks on first before helping their child […]

Erica Sewell, LCSW, RPT, Certified Autism Specialist Picture this: a child melts down after losing a game of Sorry!, or refuses to attend school, or go to a sleepover because they are so anxious. In these cases the child’s emotions have been hijacked and are running the show. “Emotion regulation is the ability to control […]

Holiday gatherings celebrate being together but they also can trigger stress, which adversely affects emotional and physical health, leaving one feeling like a contestant trapped in a holiday version of “Survivor.” Below are several technological apps to help manage your stress this holiday season. A proven stress management tool is diaphragmatic breathing. Breathe2Relax (iOS & […]