Shrink Mama was developed in 2017
with the objective of providing resources for parents which can be used outside of psychotherapy. While the therapeutic space remains a valuable process for children to explore various issues, there is always an opportunity for parents to guide and support their children in the home environment.
Reabetsoe Buys is a registered and experienced Counselling Psychologist who is also a parent to an adventurous little boy. Through her experience of working with children using play therapy, and offering parental guidance, she decided to create material aimed at assisting parents in supporting their children in the home environment. The aim, of course, is not to replace psychotherapy but to rather compliment the process. Each toolkit has been created to address common childhood issues and challenges by outlining strategies which have been proven to help overcome these.
“Taking it back to basics”
Refers to the idea that the process of assisting our children in developing various skills need not be too complicated. There are simple and straightforward techniques which parents can implement in their interactions with their own children, which can assist them in exploring their emotions and cope more effectively with them.