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The Legacy House Counseling Center Your story matters to us and it is an honor for you to share your story with us.

Our goal is to create a sense of safety, compassion and acceptance in order to promote healing and growth.

11/02/2026
11/02/2026
11/02/2026

Stimming is not bad behaviour. It is communication.

With many children preparing to return to school after half-term, you may have noticed an increase in stimming behaviours.

Changes in routine, anticipation, anxiety and sensory demands can all influence a child’s need to regulate.

Stimming can take many forms, and understanding what a child is communicating through their behaviour helps us respond with support rather than correction.

The aim is not to stop the stim, but to understand the need behind it.

11/02/2026

DBT SKills. Module : Emotion Regulation.

Image Credit : The Window of Tolerance. Lindsay Brahman.

We always stand a much better chance of regulating our emotions if we are able to pay close attention to our emotions, understand them and a bit about our nervous system.

Learning how emotions, sensations and feelings manifest ( occur/appear/flare up or down as symptoms) in our bodies is where the magic really starts.

No one has an innate ability to pause during stress/an argument or conflict and reflect “Gosh, I think I might be moving into a freeze response.”

Instead, this realisation tends to be something we recognise as we reflect on an experience afterwards.

Growing the capacity to check in with ourselves and notice, in the moment, when we are slipping into a response is one key to learning how to self-soothe, self regulate/expand our , grow emotionally, and build .

This is simply a 'tool' to prompt conversations and build awareness by showing how each of these responses *tends* to show up through physical body or mind sensations.

It's not prescriptive- it's a conversation starter. It's meant to teach, encourage and to prompt conversations that build awareness

Download a digital copy of this art via Lindsay Brahman's website



10/30/2026

DBTSkills. Self harm distracting activities/suggestions.
(yes there are typos... we are 'perfectly imperfect' and that's okay)

These are short term solutions. Use discernment - obviously if online shopping (for example) is problematic for you - avoid that and choose others.

We often need to choose more than one and stick with the distracting until the self harm urge passes.

10/30/2026

Comment “MIDLINE” for all the retained Primitive Reflexes preventing kids from crossing the midline of the body…

Crossing the midline of the body is important because of how it creates connections between the right and left hemispheres of the brain for higher learning.

Kids who struggle to cross the midline of the body often have one or more retained Primitive Reflexes holding them back.

When kids can’t cross the midline, you may see them having trouble with:

🫣Tracking words across the page (left to right)
🫣Writing words across the page or issues with letter directionality
🫣Attention and focus and can’t complete tasks or follow directions
🫣Is often clumsy and and can be emotional

To learn more about the retained reflexes impacting your child’s ability to cross the midline, comment “MIDLINE” and we’ll send you the link.

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725 E 24th Plaza
Panama City, FL
32405

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Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 6pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

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