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Free 15-minute telephone consultation
Helping All Ages and Every Member Of The Family
Play Therapy
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"I wish I had come sooner."
The most common remark we hear from first-time clients
Healing Bodywork for Adults
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"I feel so lucky--she really does have magic hands."
- B.D.P., Northampton, MA What Healing and Nourishing Bodywork can give you:
Bodywork is a resource for:
Your Bodywork session is a sacred space for your well-being. Contact us to set up your session today! 
Adult clients come for integrative healing sessions in our quiet, beautiful treatment room. Sessions include individualized bodywork, a chance to be deeply heard, to discharge, and to rest deeply. Many clients are on a journey of trauma healing, whether addressing something acute, something old, or both. Wearing comfortable clothing, you'll rest on the table while I provide you with quiet, gentle touch. I'll follow your body and I'll want your feedback, always focused on helping you find your comfort and safety. Healing touch addresses the concerns that come to us with having a body at each stage of life. I'll be with you on that journey, helping you release pain, and feel regulated and renewed. "You will love Lenore's healing presence and her amazing hands."
- A.P., Springfield, MA |
Adolescents
Healing hands after a long, stressful day at high school - boy does this feel good.
This very active tween loves bodywork. She started coming to me as a baby!
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"It's really great to have bodywork. I have so much stress in my life, and after a session I feel so much calmer. My mom told me just to let her know when I need a session."
Sixteen-year-old, Amherst, MA Teens have stress. Safe, skillful touch is a great fit for some teens.
Why?
Teens eave Amajoy™ feeling cared about and relaxed. Many adolescents enjoy bodywork. It's a special time to relax. Teens wear their regular clothes and can choose to have their parent nearby or not.
Teens can let their parents know when they'd like a session. For example, before or after exams, or during a time of personal change. Teens, Find a quiet window away from a busy life. There's room to talk or not talk. Rest deeply. Learn a bit about your body-mind, and ways to take care of yourself that interest you. |
Families
Soothing bodywork during play
Sensory integration for the whole family - who knew it could be so much fun??
Siblings playing without fighting - how great is that?
A moment of celebration - and spilled water
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"My son and I have been going to see Lenore since he was little. Initially she helped us learn how he could self regulate in a way that was good for our family. Now we visit Lenore when we have the need. Sometimes my son can't describe his stress, but he can tell me he wants a session. We treasure the calm connectedness we bring home."
Parent, Shutesbury, MA Amajoy™ helps:
At Amajoy we serve every kind of family and every combination of kid and grownup. Families often bring siblings, grandparents, caretakers, and caring friends, who are included in the session in a way that’s comfortable for them. Everyone present learns something about how to be helpful for the family as a whole. Participants might share in the play, try some of the movements and games, take photos, videos, or notes, and make plans about what toys to get or what new support to give. Parents bring open minds and a desire to learn. It can be difficult to admit that your child baffles you, yet once you do doors may open. You’ll find a non-judgmental place at Amajoy where your child is seen in light of their strengths, and you receive compassion and direction on your way with your child. Is this your situation? Brilliant and emotional little girls? Powerful, sweet, occasionally volcanic (or not-so-volcanic) young boys? Upset, misbehaving child at home or at school? Sensitive kid having stress? New behaviors that concern you? Stress in your family due to different temperaments? Life changes and wanting to support your child? Genetic or acquired childhood illness? A mother raising a boy? We can help! |
Infants
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"The best developmental movement help we found anywhere."
- Parents, Holyoke, MA "We Skyped monthly with Ms. Grubinger over our daughter's first year. Lenore helped our baby so much. It was amazing, we feel so grateful and lucky." - Parents, London, UK Learn gentle ways to help your baby, through holding and play, to increase comfort and develop naturally.
Why?
Leave Amajoy™ feeling encouraged and informed with doable action steps. Everyone hopes children will learn to walk, talk, read, and succeed - as do we. We start where the child is and where the family is. When folks come to us for help with their baby we stay away from future goals and work on immediate, relevant gains. We use Natural Movement Development™ which addresses deficits through capabilities. We follow the child to engage their comfort, connection and play, so they can learn and recuperate. The child is a whole person whose communications are understandable - and who understands us - from the beginning. Every baby is unique, yet the skills they need to progress through development are universal. Children aged from new babies to busy school kids find and feel success in every session because we break development down into small, doable steps that are necessary toward larger goals. We work with well and challenged children, serving every caretaker that wants to help their child. We treat hundreds of conditions. We acknowledge numbers, yet focus on gains relative to your child's specific situation. There are no “exercises" - it's meant to feel like more play, not more work. We recommend interactions, toys, and environments that are doable for you. Sessions may include healing bodywork, mini movement lessons based on Baby's interest, movement lessons for parents to experience what Baby is learning, and holding-and-moving lessons with Baby for parents. Parents may learn healing touches or positions to practice at home for Baby. Some parents come to a session having been told all kinds of things, some worrisome, some they don't know what to do about, and often we touch on this in the session as well. Parents may tell a piece of their story and express some feelings. We create simple play experiences - ideally with things you already own - that support Baby's reflexes to emerge and integrate. We explain which of your baby's reflexes are contributing to their stress because they are over- or under-active, and how to help them become balanced. This is done by honing your everyday routines and play environment for Baby's best benefit. We discuss best toys and environments to explore at home, keeping things as simple as possible. We address your questions about equipment, and make simple, affordable recommendations for your home environment. The session helps every member of the family to feel more regulated. Infants make gains in every session. Parents leave with doable specifics to keep their baby well. They feel more connected to Baby and more confident in their own parenting. How many sessions do you recommend? One session makes a difference. Three sessions makes a big difference. And following a process on and off over a two year period makes an even bigger difference. From there, having sessions as needed - as determined by child or parent over the development - is ideal. Want support for common concerns about nursing, digestion, sleep, and movement? Have you seen Lenore's book and want to apply it in person with your baby? You are interested in raising your baby naturally and want loving, seasoned, and respectful support? We recommend 10 sessions in 12 months. For babies who have been in the NICU, for babies who have delays and discomfort, but don't qualify for early intervention, and for babies who have special needs I recommend sessions every 2 - 3 weeks for the first 4 - 6 months, then every 6 weeks for a year. |
Toddlers
Children enjoy body work while playing
Moments of touch that help toddler to regulate
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"What a relief! We were so worried, and now we're so focused and confident."
Parents, Northampton, MA "Our toddler was diagnosed with low tone and sensory issues. We were amazed to find someone who addressed these issues in our child with love and play--and it was so effective." Parents, New Haven, CT Amajoy™ provides help for each unique toddler.
Watch the magic as we help you and your toddler regulate through play. Toddlers love bodywork, especially when it’s done in relation to their attention and play. This is the place for practical insights to make those confusing or concerning moments with a toddler easier, and to help them continue to mature. We stay away from numbers, and we don’t send you home with “exercises.” We focus on interactions and environments that are doable for you, and don’t feel like more work. We include your child’s strengths as well as their challenges in the therapeutic process. Clients often ask how many sessions do we need, how often, for how long. I’m glad to supply a guesstimate, however, the focus is on finding out as we go, by getting the feedback from your family system. |
Children
"As soon as we left Lenore's home my son exclaimed: 'I loved her! I want to go again!'"
Parent, Northampton, MA
"Wow--what a healing shift in perspective! The first hour changed our lives.
My seven-year-old daughter refused to leave until she finished her thank-you note for Lenore."
Parent, Easthampton, MA
Parent, Northampton, MA
"Wow--what a healing shift in perspective! The first hour changed our lives.
My seven-year-old daughter refused to leave until she finished her thank-you note for Lenore."
Parent, Easthampton, MA
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At Amajoy™ Lenore provides help for you and your child with play therapy and bodywork. Families visit for every reason and condition under the sun. When parents inquire it's usually because their child has digestive discomfort, genetic challenges, movement issues, and is having a hard time in some way. When parents are referred by a teacher it's usually because the child has difficulty managing himself or his tasks, terms such as self-regulation, sensory issues, and learning disabilities bring people to Amajoy. Here we play, learn, and receive bodywork, and parents leave with a list of practical tools to explore at home.
Developmental delays Autistic Spectrum Disorders Down Syndrome Cerebral Palsy Injuries Organ diseases Regulation, attention, and behavior issues Anxiety and other emotional discomfort Language, reading, and learning challenges Asthma and respiratory conditions Preparation and recovery from surgery For children who:
are sensitive are different are stressed are struggling have digestive distress need more than verbal therapy need more than PT and OT are receiving Early Intervention services have experienced trauma and change didn't play on their tummy and didn't crawl have a diagnosis have repeating conflicts at home or at school Sessions for children involve play, bodywork, chatting, and resting with parents present and participating. Children experience an ally in Lenore. They lead the way in their session, choosing activities that interest them and together we create a healing time that is fun. Parents shed frustration, exhaustion, and gain understanding and compassion for what drives their child at the hardest times, and how they can tap their child’s strengths for the family to function better and for all to feel less conflict. Parents and children leave with games and movements that are fun and therapeutic. We stay away from numbers, and we don’t send you home with “exercises.” We focus on interactions and environments that are doable for you, and don’t feel like more work. We include your child’s strengths as well as their challenges in the therapeutic process. Clients often ask how many sessions do we need, how often, for how long. I’m glad to supply a guesstimate, however, the focus is on finding out as we go, by getting the feedback from your family system. |
Play Therapy
Play therapy makes your eyes pop out!
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Play Therapy is child led: children initiate how they want to play; how they interact with Lenore and the environment; and how they engage with the toys and equipment on offer. In the therapeutic playroom, children readily show their gifts and challenges, what they do and don’t like, and how their specific brain and body is organized.
Through play interaction we explore what might help children to become more organized or more regulated. Sometimes intervals of healing touch are included in the session. Many children enjoy this and ask for more. These are soothing, regulating touches. Some children have tender spots or spinal subluxations and those are gently addressed through soft intentional touch. Some kids play, read, rest, talk, or fidget during their bodywork session but most simply enjoy it until they’re done, at which point they let me know they’re done and we stop (unlike adults who often wish the hour would never end). If children have had trouble somewhere along the way parents are more-than-average worried. We give parents practical tools for their relationship with their child and how to set up their home environment to help all parties feel more regulated. 
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ADD
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Injury
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Low Tone
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Postpartum Depression
Postsurgical Care
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Pronation
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Supination
Torticollis
Trauma
Worry
W-sitting
ADHD
Accident
Angel Syndrome
Anxiety
Asthma
Back Pain
Bone Fracture or Break
Colic
Constipation
Crohn’s Disease
Dental Procedures
Developmental Delay
'Different' Crawling
Digestive Illness
Digestive Pain
Does Not Roll
Down Syndrome
Failure to Thrive
Fear
Fourth-Trimester Care
Gene DDX3X
Headache
Head Injury
High Birth Weight
High Tone
Hypotonia
Impulsivity
Inconsolability
Injury
Insomnia
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
Learning Disability
Low Birth Weight
Low Tone
Neck Tension
Noonan Syndrome
Osteogenesis Imperfecta
PTSD
Postnatal Care
Postpartum Depression
Postsurgical Care
Premature birth
Prenatal concerns
Presurgical Concerns
Pronation
Reflux
Sprain/Strain
Supination
Torticollis
Trauma
Worry
W-sitting