ResearchThe science of
The science of
healing through play
Evidence-based interventions grounded in neuroscience.
The Key Insight
Calm the body first
Trauma dysregulates lower brain regions. Cognitive interventions won't work until the body feels safe.
We use bottom-up regulation: sensory and breath-based tools that activate the parasympathetic nervous system before engaging higher cognition.
Survival Brain
BrainstemFight/flight/freeze responses
Feeling Brain
LimbicEmotions & attachment
Thinking Brain
CortexReasoning & planning
Our Framework
Four regulatory layers
CALM
Vagal brake activation
BubblesPinwheels
GROUND
Proprioceptive input
Therapy puttyClay
CONNECT
Safe emotional distance
PuppetsPlush objects
THINK
Executive function
GamesMandalas
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