Feb 01, 2023
I had a session today with a client and their nearly nonverbal child—though “nonverbal” doesn’t mean expressionless. This kid was full of life. Tons of energy, tons of joy. It was genuinely a pleasure to work with them.
The mom had a few concerns she wanted me to look at: sensory processing issues, possible trauma affecting them now, and some anger patterns. She started giving me a long list of details, and I gently said, “Hold on, babe. Let me just interact with them. We can talk to each other through energy—it’ll be fine.”
We hopped on a video chat and started making faces at each other, goofing around with stuffed animals. I asked about the shows they liked, joked about knowing the characters, and then we started growling and playing. At one point, the child started whacking the phone with a stuffed animal. The mom looked a little concerned—but I just grabbed a pillow and hit my phone too. Boom, digital pillow fight. We were vibing.
I asked the child to place their hand on the wall behind them and pull out the energetic gunk in the house, then toss it into the sun. They did it instantly—so fast it looked like they didn’t even move. The mom asked if they had followed the directions, and I said, “Oh, they’re doing it. They’re just doing it in real-time energy, no physical movement needed.”
Next, I asked if they could clear out the gunk in their respiratory system—they’d been a little sick. Again, no hands on their chest, but I felt them move the energy. I asked if I could go into their "sensory knob room"—the energetic control panel inside their head. They gave permission, so I went in.
I unbound anything overwhelming, re-calibrated sensory dials to settings more aligned with their comfort, and had their team help reinforce it. The energy in that space started settling beautifully.
The mom showed me how they love to fill the sink with water and blow bubbles through a straw. I explained, “They’re cleaning out their digestive system energetically with that.” Wild, right?
At the end, I asked the child if they could pull the pain out of their mom’s foot. The child yelled “NO!”—but still did it anyway.
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