Parenting in the 21st Century: The Neuro-Informed ™ Parent (Click title to pre-order)
This book bridges contemporary neuroscience with child-centred, play-based, and relational approaches to understanding children’s behaviour. Written by an experienced play therapist and educator, it reframes behaviour as nervous-system communication rather than defiance or pathology. Integrating expressive play therapy, interpersonal neurobiology, polyvagal theory, attachment theory, Adlerian psychology, and body-based practices, the book translates complex theory into accessible, practical guidance. Designed for parents, caregivers, and helping professionals, it combines case examples, reflective prompts, and usable strategies for everyday settings. Grounded in cultural humility and anti-oppressive practice, it offers a compassionate, evidence-informed alternative to behaviour-management models.
Welcome
Fully believing that everyone possesses and can locate his/her own source of healing, Johanna Simmons, of Simmons Counselling, helps clients discover their strengths and resources. She provides a wide range of approaches to therapy for clients from North Vancouver, West Vancouver, Vancouver and surrounding areas. Approaches are tailored to meet your unique needs and Johanna is bilingual, able to provide therapy in both English and French. She is committed to providing you with a counselling service that is empathetic, non judgemental, and confidential.
Welcome
Contact Johanna to book an appointment, or to participate in a group or workshop
Individuals
Johanna uses humanistic and holistic approaches to therapy with all of her clients: viewing each unique individual within a social and physical context.
Johanna is a Certified Parenting Educator and can provide parents parenting skills through one one one counselling or through the parenting classes that she facilitates.
Johanna has developed a successful neuro-informed parenting approach that combines child development with the latest research on the brain and the nervous system and how they all play a part in parenting children.
Listen to a parenting podcast Johanna is featured on. Click here or below to listen.
Children
Johanna creates a safe environment to allow children to express themselves through play what they can’t express in words. She uses Synergetic Play Therapy™ model which encourages self-regulation in children.
Adolescents
Adolescence is a time of rapid development and social and emotional changes. Johanna provides support for adolescents and/or their families.
As an accredited supervisor, Johanna provides clinical supervision, Synergetic play therapy supervision, and supervision of supervision to therapists and clinical counsellors working with children, teens, families, adults as well as supervisors supervising clinicians. She looks at the interactions between nervous systems to add another layer to supervision.
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