Integrative Occupational Therapy
Affect Integrative Therapy offers a unique style of pediatric occupational therapy services with the integration of child and family coaching. Coaching is an empowering tool that supports the therapeutic process more comprehensively through developing knowledge and awareness of “energy,” allowing individuals to be at the affect of life situations rather than at the effect of them.
Affect Integrative therapists work toward building on the developmental strengths already possessed by each child in a fun, play-based manner, while providing education and support to parents. Parents are provided education on how to build upon their child’s developmental skills through the use of coaching techniques that help enroll the child in the therapeutic process, supporting collaboration and positive shifts within the family dynamic.
Through this integrated therapy model, families draw forth their child’s strengths through a greater understanding of age-appropriate physical and emotional development and each child’s unique way of experiencing the world. In turn, family goals are attained in the most effective and meaningful manner.
This integrated method has been developed to support families more comprehensively through an inclusive and holistic approach to traditional occupational therapy practice.
“There are times as a parent when you realize that your job is not to be the parent you always imagined you’d be, the parent you always wished you had.
Your job is to be the parent your child needs, given the particulars of his or her own life and nature.”
Affect Integrative Therapy believes that self-awareness is a key component in responding to life situations rather than reacting to them.
Our vision is to cultivate a new way of thinking and feeling that supports a meaningful “shift” in parenting. Affect Integrative Therapy strives to partner with families with the intention of shifting the family paradigm toward win/winscenarios—where every family member feels enriched, supported, confident, and valued.
Affect Integrative Therapy practices are founded on the principle of raising conscious awareness within households, supporting a natural shift toward greater understanding, connection, communication, compassion, joy, and love.
We aim to see a world where children—regardless of age or developmental characteristics—are regarded as competent and wise. This perspective offers parents permission to place greater emphasis on awareness of their own thoughts, emotions, and actions, allowing them to respond to their child’s needs with intention rather than reactivity.
“Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement.
Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.”
Mission
Our mission at Affect Integrative Therapy is to partner with families who are ready to feel empowered through developing greater awareness of their energy, patterns, and core beliefs.
We are motivated to support family dynamics in which members are able to view their experiences with greater objectivity, awareness, and understanding of child and adolescent development.
Affect Integrative therapists support the developmental needs of children by fostering a loving and collaborative environment. Families and therapists work together to create an individualized plan that honors each child’s unique developmental profile while strengthening connection within the family system. We believe that when parents continue to do the same things, they often continue to get the same results—growth requires awareness and intentional change.
It is our mission to partner with parents in addressing the areas that feel challenging or overwhelming.
Affect Integrative Therapists are here to:
Ask thought-provoking questions that support families in exploring actions and reactions with greater self- and nervous-system awareness
Support families in understanding a child’s needs in a developmentally appropriate and respectful manner
Strengthen connection and communication while reducing stress and overwhelm within the family system
Support parents in becoming leaders rather than managers, fostering trust, collaboration, and confidence
How did the owner/founder arrive at this mission?
Elizabeth Zoley has learned through her experiences as both a parent and an occupational therapist that children are our greatest teachers. Through her personal and professional journey, she has come to understand how children naturally mirror what is modeled in their environment.
Rather than focusing on molding a child’s behavior through reinforcement systems, Elizabeth has studied the positive effects of increasing awareness of what is being brought into the relationship—thoughts, feelings, and energy. Through this lens, she has observed how shifts in the environment and relational dynamics directly influence the child, often resulting in meaningful and positive changes in the child’s actions and behaviors.
She believes that when a parent takes the time to see how their own thoughts, feelings, and actions impact their child, the child’s behavior and energy shift correspondingly. Children, she has learned are mirrors, and she is now on a mission to bring this awareness to every family.
“The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential . . .
these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence.”
Services
Affect Integrative Therapy respects the individuality of each person and believes that we all have an inherent wisdom no matter what age or developmental difference we possess. Our mission is to align with that wisdom and develop life skills in a consciously aware manner.
At Affect Integrative Therapy, we provide a comprehensive evaluation and develop a therapeutic plan of care that supports the child and family to reach the family’s goals. Our focus is on meeting physical developmental milestones of the child along with the emotional milestones that influence positive behaviors and participation in life. Life Coaching will be integrated into the therapy process to enhance and increase effectiveness of the experience.
Services offered:
- Occupational Therapy Evaluation
- Occupational Therapy Treatment
- Develop Family-Centered Plan of Care
- Integrative Therapy and Coaching
- Individual Coaching
- Family Coaching
- Developmentally Based Therapy
- Feeding Therapy
- Sensory Integration Therapy
- Early Intervention Therapy
- Handwriting Remediation
Individual and family coaching is also available at Affect Integrative Therapy. Coaching is a powerful tool to help lead a more optimal and satisfied life. Gaining greater self-awareness is a key feature to life fulfillment, and opens up the door to unlimited possibilities. The time taken to nurture and cultivate self-awareness will create more opportunities to bring greater purpose in one’s personal life, relationships, parenting experience, and career. Please contact us if you would like more information or to set up a free 30-minute consultation.