Therapy that feels human. Practice that feels possible.
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It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more.
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It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more.
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It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more.
Hi, I’m Rebekah Springs
I’m a therapist, parent, practice builder, and recovering perfectionist.
✨ I help parents and kids through play therapy and parent support, and I help therapists build private practices they actually want to show up for.
For Parents:
For Fellow Therapists:
Let’s work together!
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🧒 For Parents
Explore my two Portland-based group practices offering specialized care for kids, teens, and parents:
• The Real Work: trauma-informed play therapy and parent support
• Thrive Outside: nature-based occupational therapy groups -
🧠 For Therapists
You don’t have to burn out to do meaningful work. If you’re ready to leave agency work behind or grow your private practice, I’ve got your back.
Start with the course I co-created with Sedona Karlin at The Magical Thinking—a practical, playful roadmap to doing the work you love, on your terms
Hi! Happy to meet you! I’m a licensed child therapist, parent consultant, parent, part-time writer, dog mom, mom of two kids, and owner of two group practices here in Portland, OR. Let’s connect! Feel free to send a message or opt in to a service that makes sense for you :)
Here are my two practices that are accepting new clients:
Nature-Based Occupational Therapy for social groups, regulation challenges, and more:
Therapy at The Real Work with our Play Therapists and Occupational Therapists:
Parenting isn’t easy, and when you or your kids are wired a little differently, the challenges can feel overwhelming. As a neurodivergent parent myself (and someone who’s been in the trenches), I get it. Whether you're navigating the joys and chaos of parenting, or you’re a fellow therapist building your dream private practice, I’m here to help.
Let’s embrace the messy, the quirky, and the real—and make life work in a way that feels good for you.
Most of us are feeling isolated, stuck, overwhelmed, and guilty as we fight to help our kids through:
transitions
self-advocacy at school, in the community, and with friends
struggles with communication
anxiety and mental health concerns.
dysregulation, executive function challenges, sleep and feeding problems
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We need solutions that account for our child’s relational, regulatory, and developmental needs. You need a plan, and it needs to be the right plan.
Our kids are struggling more than ever, and parents are often at a loss for how to help them. When you feel confused, when your strategies don’t work, and when your child is just completely at a loss, you need a person to go to and a plan to fall back on for reassurance.
Our kids are complex, so I’m not here to give you a quick fix. I’m here to help you craft a plan using brain-based strategies that will be your life raft throughout your parenting journey. I’m here to hold your hand so you have the stamina and confidence to keep holding your child’s hand.
Start Here: The First Resource I Ever Created when I started this community. Learn how to identify which stress response state your child is in, based on neuroscience.
Free Resource: Polyvagal Regulation Chart for Parents
In therapy and in parent consultations, we use 3 elements to stay on track during the toughest parenting challenges:
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Education
Parents like us are constantly navigating difficulty with sleeping, feeding, bedtime, transitions, as well as getting ready in the morning, managing emotions, separation anxiety and more. Without specialized education about individual differences in the way the brain and body perceive and react to sensory and emotional information, you will continue to feel stuck and fearful that your child is not set up for success.
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Connection
Without connection, parents continue to feel trapped by unrealistic expectations, guilty for feeling like you’re continuing to “fail” their child, and confused by the lack of helpful strategies found in mainstream parenting advice.
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Individualized Strategies
Parents of kids who are Autistic, Neurodivergent, or Highly Sensitive find themselves without a plan that actually affirms their child. When you understand your child’s differences, you can make a better plan for how to support their growth and regulation. The individualized support and online community helps you create a plan that you feel confident in.
Parents just want their children to be able to thrive, and it’s heartbreaking and exhausting when we feel like nothing seems to help
Without education, you’ll keep trying to apply parenting strategies that don’t work for your child. Without connection with experts and parents like you, you will continue to blow up, shame yourself, or in your confusion and loneliness, blame your child.
Parents of neurodivergent kids are battling burnout and isolation, and you are determined to learn how to truly support their child and understand their complex needs.
When you work with me, you learn how to parent the child you have, not the child the world thinks you should have.
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You don’t have to continue the same patterns with your child. If they aren’t working, we can find a solution.
For decades parents would reach out to me for therapy at their lowest points—they’d been trying to figure out why their child was struggling with fears, regulation, self-esteem, difficulty sleeping, anxieties, or extreme sensitivity, and are at the place either blaming themselves, fearful that something is “wrong” with their child, or both. But, there’s often a different reason. In addition to therapeutic work, there were always life-changing top action-items and starting points that helped these parents craft an environment that truly nurtures your child based on their unique regulation challenges and needs, and creates so much more calm, confidence, and growth.
Why does it feel like I’m failing?
It’s because the world doesn’t know how to support neurodivergent kids and parents! Do you feel like you’re constantly awash in your child’s needs, confusing behaviors, or in the judgement of other parents? I’m so glad you found me—chances are, you’re here because you’re a parent who knows that the typical strategies just don’t work for your kid, and you're finally ready to go deep, learn what's really going on underneath tough behaviors, and grow your confidence in yourself and in your relationship with your child.
I’ve been there personally, too. And, as a licensed therapist and registered Play Therapist I’ve been helping parents and children navigate the most difficult of situations for over a decade using a brain-based and attachment-focused therapeutic approach . But now, too many of us are struggling to understand our intense, neurodivergent, brilliant, and highly sensitive kids. And the world wants us to blame ourselves and our own kids. I want as many parents as possible to be able to join me in learning more about themselves, finding confidence in the chaos of parenting a differently wired, sensitive kid, and ultimately re-delighting in your amazing, quirky, and absolutely gorgeously unique child.
If you are parenting a child with multiple diagnoses, a complex medical history, or overall neurodivergence, you’re giving most of yourself to just survivng each day. Your identity, close relationships, partnership, friends, and jobs suffer due to the unique demands this brings.
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