Andrea Gibson, Author at Therapy & Counseling Services

Living with EDS and Chronic Pain: Everyday Life, Real Strategies, and Hope

Leave a Comment / Adult Occupational Therapy, Dysautonomia/POTS, Hypermobility, Occupational Therapy, Pediatric Occupational Therapy / Andrea Gibson

Living with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) and chronic pain can make even everyday tasks feel overwhelming. In this article, we explore what EDS-related chronic pain can look like in real life and share neurodiversity-affirming, trauma-informed occupational therapy strategies to help kids, teens, and adults build safer, more sustainable routines.

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5 Life Hacks to Manage Life with POTS

Leave a Comment / Dysautonomia/POTS, Hypermobility, Occupational Therapy / Andrea Gibson

Living with Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS) can feel overwhelming at first. POTS is a condition that affects the autonomic nervous system, causing your heart rate to rise significantly when moving from sitting or lying down to standing. Symptoms often include dizziness, fatigue, brain fog, and lightheadedness. The result? Everyday activities feel much more challenging,

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5 Signs That It’s More than “Picky Eating”

Leave a Comment / Occupational Therapy, Parenting, Uncategorized / Andrea Gibson

At some point in time, most children will exhibit behavior that falls into the “picky eating” category. It is common for toddlers to only like a few foods, to reject foods they used to like, or to be hesitant to try new foods. This process is all a part of typical development, and parents should

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Table Talk: Free Virtual Roundtable Series for Parents

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As a nonprofit organization, we aim to serve as a resource for our community. In addition to providing therapeutic services for children, we strive to share our knowledge and resources with all parents and families who are seeking that knowledge. It is this mindset that has guided the formation of our summer Table Talk series.

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5 Ways to Help Kids Become Comfortable With Masks

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As restrictions are slowly starting to be lifted, it may soon be possible to begin taking our children out to more places again. But, one big difference seems to be here to stay (at least for now): wearing masks. It is still the current CDC recommendation that children over the age of 2 (and adults)

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8 Easy Activities to Help Kids Cope

Leave a Comment / COVID-19, Parenting / Andrea Gibson

As the COVID-19 crisis continues on, the sustained period of disruption is taking its toll on all of us. Even while we are slowly inching toward reopening, schools are remaining closed for the rest of the year. Our children’s lives will continue to be disrupted, even if we are able to slowly start shopping or

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The Power of Doing

Leave a Comment / Occupational Therapy, Parenting / Andrea Gibson

As the COVID-19 crisis drags on, we are each feeling the effects of extended periods of stress. Nearly 6 weeks ago now, in the span of one day we lost our daily routines, many of our favorite activities, and for too many of us, our jobs or livelihoods. Of course, this post in no way

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Autism Awareness Isn’t Enough

Leave a Comment / Autism, Neurodiversity, Occupational Therapy / Andrea Gibson

Today (April 2) is World Autism Awareness Day. It’s a day full of social media campaigns and fundraisers all focused around bringing attention to autism and autism research. I truly believe that everyone who shares the message is doing it with the best of intentions. But what type of awareness is it raising? Most importantly,

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What is telehealth?

Leave a Comment / Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy / Andrea Gibson

In this era of social distancing and isolation, it is challenging to maintain your child’s progress toward their therapy goals. However, thanks to technology, this does not have to be the case! Telehealth is now an option that allows therapists and children to connect virtually to continue working on their progress. But what is telehealth,

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We Got This: Parenting in Quarantine

Leave a Comment / Parenting / Andrea Gibson

During the quarantine, we will be providing blogs regularly on parenting in quarantine during this era of COVID-19. We have also formed a private Facebook group for sharing positive, supportive materials and resources as well as providing a safe space to share challenges. In that group we will host a weekly live series on developing

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