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10/28/2026

🎨 CLAY IN THERAPY: So Much More Than Play! 🦋💙

One of my favorite tools in the play therapy room is CLAY! After over 30 years as a therapist, I still love how something so simple can help children express BIG feelings, regulate emotions, and explore their inner worlds.

I use a soft, moldable clay from Amazon, a little spray bottle of water or rose water to soften it, and sometimes colorful jewels for extra creativity! ✨

Here are some of my favorite therapeutic clay activities:

⛵ Make a Boat: What storms have you been through? What keeps you afloat?

💎 Treasure Chest: What are the treasures in your life? People, memories, strengths?

🦋 Butterfly: Explore change, growth, and transformation.

🚗 Car: Cars need brakes, and so do we! How can we slow down when emotions get big?

❤️ Relationships: Sculpt something that represents an important relationship.

🌈 Feelings: What would your fear, anger, happiness, or biggest dream look like?

Sometimes we don’t even need words. Simply squeezing, rolling, and shaping clay can be a calming sensory experience.

For more wonderful therapeutic ideas, check out Violet Oaklander’s book, Windows to Our Children.

💙 The magic isn’t just in what children create. It’s in what they discover about themselves along the way!

🌊 Safe Harbor Counseling Center
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10/27/2026

💙When your child is overwhelmed by big emotions, their brain isn’t in the best place to listen, reason, or learn a lesson.

That’s because when emotions take over, the brain’s ability to think clearly and regulate behavior can become temporarily overwhelmed.

This is where co-regulation comes in! 💙

Co-regulation is the process of helping your child manage their emotions through your calm, supportive presence.

✨ What does co-regulation look like?

💙 Staying calm when your child is struggling.

💙 Getting down to their eye level and speaking gently.

💙 Acknowledging their feelings without necessarily approving of their behavior.

💙 Offering comfort, connection, and reassurance.

💙 Waiting until they’re calm before discussing consequences, problem-solving, or teaching a lesson.

Remember: Connect first. Correct later.

Co-regulation doesn’t mean permissive parenting or eliminating boundaries. It means recognizing that children learn emotional regulation through repeated experiences of being supported by caring adults.

And here’s the beautiful part: Every time you help your child navigate a big emotion, you’re helping them develop skills they’ll carry into adulthood. 🌱

At Safe Harbor Counseling Center, we help children and parents build emotional regulation skills, strengthen their relationships, and navigate the challenges of growing up together.

💙 Because sometimes the most powerful parenting tool isn’t what you say. It’s the calm and connection you bring.

🌐 shcounseling.org
📞 951-252-8411

10/21/2026

🎙️Do you ever get activated in a fight with your spouse?? EPISODE #22: A Guided YOU-Turn for Courageous Conversations ❤️

This episode of Marriage Is a Joke is a little different from our usual episodes!

We start with some of our typical fun and silliness 😂, but then we shift into something special—a guided meditation to help couples navigate difficult conversations.

Have you ever been in an argument with your spouse and felt yourself getting defensive, overwhelmed, hurt, or emotionally activated? We’ve all been there!

That’s where the YOU-Turn comes in. ❤️

Instead of focusing on what your spouse is doing wrong, the YOU-Turn invites you to pause, turn inward, and get curious about what’s happening inside of YOU.

✨ Here’s what makes this episode special:

After our introduction, Elaine guides you through a short, calming meditation with relaxing music to help you slow down, connect with yourself, and better understand what’s happening beneath your reactions.

Then we walk you through how to return to the conversation and listen and respond from a place of Self—rather than from your activated parts.

🎧 SAVE THIS EPISODE!

The guided meditation begins at 7:52.

Anytime you find yourself activated during a disagreement or difficult conversation with your spouse, take a few minutes, pull up Episode #22, skip to 7:52, and let Elaine guide you through a YOU-Turn.

Think of this episode as a tool you can return to again and again as you practice more courageous, connected communication in your marriage.

❤️ Because sometimes the most important thing you can do for your marriage is pause and get curious about what’s happening inside of you.

Inspired and adapted from Toni Herbine-Blank’s Intimacy from the Inside Out (IFIO) approach and the Internal Family Systems (IFS) work of Dr. Richard Schwartz.

Episode link on Spotify: https://tr.ee/bp9AJ3khcI

10/19/2026

🍂💙 FALL MARRIAGE ENRICHMENT SPECIAL! 💙🍂

Your marriage is worth investing in! 💙

Whether you’re looking to strengthen your connection, improve communication, work through challenges, or simply grow closer together, we’re here to help!

At Safe Harbor Counseling Center, we believe every marriage deserves the opportunity to thrive.

✨ OUR FALL SPECIAL:

💙 $50 OFF for new couples at your first couples counseling session!

📅 October 18 – November 30, 2026

Simply mention this special when scheduling!

🎁 PLUS, A COMPLIMENTARY GIFT!

Receive our digital guide:

5 Conversations That Can Strengthen Your Marriage

Filled with practical questions and tools to help you reconnect, deepen intimacy, improve communication, and grow together.

Because great marriages don’t just happen. They’re built through intentional connection, meaningful conversations, and a willingness to keep choosing each other. 💙

📍 Safe Harbor Counseling Center
🌐 shcounseling.org 951-252-8411

Regular rates apply after the first session. Subject to therapist availability and clinical appropriateness.

09/21/2026

💙 Eight Dates at Rancho

Jessica Byrnes, ASW, a therapist at Safe Harbor Counseling Center, is leading Eight Dates by the Gottmans. A couples class at Rancho Community Church on Sundays @ 9:30 am.

This group is such a fun opportunity for couples to slow down, reconnect, and keep learning about one another, no matter how long they’ve been together.

And these aren’t just classes where you sit and listen. Couples get opportunities to actually date each other along the way! ❤️

For this last class, Jessica planned the cutest little mini date for the couples, giving them a chance to have fun together while putting what they’re learning from the Gottman research into practice.

The best part? It’s not too late to join!

Come spend your Sundays investing in your relationship, having meaningful conversations, and remembering that dating doesn’t have to stop once you’re married.

Register through Rancho Community Church under Groups at Rancho.tv.

And if you’d like more personalized support for your relationship, Jessica also works with couples at Safe Harbor Counseling Center. To schedule a couples session with Jessica, call 951 252 8411, extension 3003.

We’re so proud to have Jessica bringing her heart for couples and relationships into our community. 💙

09/15/2026

💙As parents, our job isn’t to remove every worry, uncomfortable feeling, or difficult moment from our child’s life. 💙

Our job is to help them discover, little by little, “I can feel nervous, worried, disappointed, or unsure… and I can handle it.”

That is how resilience grows.

When we immediately scoop our children up and remove every source of discomfort, they may feel better in the moment, but they miss an important opportunity to learn how to cope.

Instead, we can come alongside them. We can name what they’re feeling, validate their experience, help them calm their body, problem solve with them, and remind them that they are capable.

This is how children build emotional intelligence. They learn to recognize their emotions, understand them, regulate them, and move through hard things without needing every hard thing removed.

We don’t have to eliminate the bumps in the road.

We can help our kids learn, “I can do hard things, and I have people who will support me while I do.” 💙

Safe Harbor Counseling Center
📞 951 252 8411
Link to website in bio

09/10/2026

💙September is Su***de Prevention Month.

But at Safe Harbor Counseling Center, su***de prevention matters every month, every week, and every day.

We know that people can be hurting even when the people around them have no idea. Sometimes the person who is struggling the most has also become very good at saying, “I’m fine.”

If you are struggling, you do not have to wait until things feel unbearable to reach out. You are allowed to ask for help. You are allowed to need support. You are allowed to simply need someone to talk to.

And if you are worried about someone you love, check in. Ask the hard question. Listen without judgment. Stay connected. Let them know they do not have to carry what they are carrying alone.

There is always help. There is always hope.

If you or someone you know needs immediate emotional support, call or text 988 to reach the Su***de & Crisis Lifeline, available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

For counseling and ongoing support, contact Safe Harbor Counseling Center at 951 252 8411.

website: shcounseling.org

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Tuesday	9am - 7pm
Wednesday	9am - 7pm
Thursday	9am - 7pm
Friday	9am - 7pm

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