Children don't need to be fixed.
They need to be understood.
At Growing Minds, psychomotor therapy draws on European approaches to understand the child as a whole: body, movement, emotions, development and relationships. We help parents understand what their children are going through and hear what they cannot yet put into words, in a safe and supportive space, free from judgment. We support families wherever they are, through online sessions and consultations.
Do these situations sound familiar?
Many parents share similar questions and worries.
Frequent tantrums, and not knowing how to calm or help your child.
The simplest parts of the day, from sleep to meals, turn into exhausting challenges.
Your child chooses silence in situations where other children speak.
Feelings bigger than your child can hold or express.
Everyone reassures you it's just a phase, but something still worries you.
You do your very best for your children, and still face criticism.
If you recognise your own experience in these words, you're in the right place. We're here to help.
Book your first sessionWe start from the child's world, as they live it
Assessments and developmental milestones help us understand how a child is growing, but they don't always show what the child is living and feeling. So we look at the whole child: their body, their emotions, their stage of development and their relationships with the people around them.
Body and movement
Movement, muscle tone and the senses are a child's first language, even before they learn to speak. How a child moves, engages or hesitates can tell us a great deal about how they perceive the world around them.
The emotions
A child's big feelings are not bad behaviour to be corrected. They are an experience in which the child needs safety, containment and someone by their side, until they gradually learn to regulate their emotions.
The relationship
A child grows and explores the world when they feel safe in their relationships. That is why we look at the back-and-forth between child and parents, without blame or judgment: parents are an essential part of the journey, never the ones on trial.
We support your children through every stage of their development
Psychomotor assessment and follow-up
We observe how a child moves, plays, interacts with their surroundings and regulates their emotions. Assessment gives us important indicators, but understanding a child means looking at their needs, their experience and the environment they grow up in.
Emotions and behaviour
Tantrums, anxiety, refusal, difficulty regulating emotions or selective mutism. We try to understand what a child is expressing through their behaviour before looking for ways to help. Understanding a behaviour does not mean allowing it: it means responding to it with awareness and clarity.
Parent support and guidance
A safe space to talk through everyday challenges, understand your child's needs and your relationship with them, with practical tools suited to each family, far from one-size-fits-all parenting recipes.
Pregnancy, babies and early childhood
We support parents from pregnancy through the first years, to understand their child's development and needs, and to build secure bonds that support their physical, emotional and sensory growth.
Guided journeys, designed to follow at home
Online programs that combine scientific knowledge with practical application, offering simple activities and guidance you can use at home.
Ready for School
Building self-confidence, focus and independence, to start this new stage feeling secure.
Emotion Academy
Illustrated emotion cards to help children recognise, name and express eight emotions. For children, parents and educators. In Arabic.
Download for free (PDF)Baby Development Journey
Six free guides, from birth to 24 months, in English, Arabic and French. Available by subscribing to the newsletter.
Click hereMy Child Grows with Confidence
Roots of Confidence: a detailed guide with nine activity sheets to help children aged 3 to 10 build healthy self-confidence, through relationships, experience and the body. In Arabic.
Order on WhatsAppYour feelings matter too
Sometimes the most important question is not “Why does my child behave this way?” but “Why does this behaviour affect me so much?” Why is their crying so hard to bear on some days? Why does their refusal sometimes feel like a rejection of you? And why do some of their behaviours make you angrier than others?
The aim is not to blame parents, but to understand what they feel. The relationship between parent and child is a two-way exchange, and when we change the way we understand our own feelings and our children's, the way we communicate with them changes too.
Neither parents nor children need someone to judge them or try to change them. They need someone who understands them and listens. When we give ourselves time to understand, we find the right way forward.
Stories from families we've supported
One of the things that reassured me most was not feeling like a failing mother. I felt heard and understood, and I began to see my relationship with my child from a calmer, gentler place.
The workshop was rich and practical, and best of all, the information was grounded in science yet shared in a simple way. I came away with ideas and exercises I can use with my children every day.
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