Regulation and Developmental concerns are at the center of many parents' worries about how their child will cope in the world. What can help? Can anything help? Through proven programs based on neuroscience and neural plasticity, and the experience of our team of professionals, we can help you or your child's brain and body create connections and remove roadblocks necessary to grow and have more peace.
Tame Your Tiger is for all ages!
Would any of these words describe a challenge you or your child struggles with?
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Sensory Issues
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Auditory Hypersensitivity
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Premature Birth
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(NICU Stay)
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Anxiety
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General, Separation, Phobias
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Postpartum Depression
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Trauma/Neglect
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Autism
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Defiance
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Reading/Writing
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PTSD
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Depression
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Self Harm
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Speech/Developmental Delays
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Selective Mutism
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Meltdowns/Aggression
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Social/Peer Challenges
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Attention/Concentration
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Long Covid Symptoms
Our Tame Your Tiger (TYT) programs can help!
Commonly Asked Questions
What Is Tame Your Tiger?
The goal of Tame Your Tiger is to gain more flexibility in our nervous system and spend more time in the “Fun” Zone and getting back to it easier and quicker when we go into our Fight/Flight and Freeze Zone - which can happen for many reasons.
The goal of the Tame Your Tiger Program is to help our brains and bodies be more flexible in our responses to the world. The goal - be wired for connection instead of protection!
How does it work?
We do a comprehensive assessment and work from the foundation up. If we come in on the 2nd floor but the issues are in the foundation or the 1st floor - we will see limited/short lived results. We need to know where to start and go from there.
We can work our muscles by lifting weights, doing aerobics etc. How do you workout your nervous system? We access the nervous system through our breathing and our auditory systems. We use well researched and effective programs. We have used them ourselves and with our own children too.
How to access?
Join the Regulation Revolution happening in the
Tame Your Tiger Program in 2 Easy Steps!
Step 1
Purchase Access
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Individualized Comprehensive Assessment
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Hierarchical Treatment Plan (Foundation up - just how our brains develop!)
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Programs Offered -
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Biofeedback
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Safe and Sound Protocol
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Focus System
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Interactive Metronome
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Access cost is $500 for 6 months of access regardless of which programs are used or how the programs are delivered or how much is completed. Discounts available for follow up access periods purchased.
Step 2
Choose Delivery System
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Delivery types and costs are separate and additional to Access Cost - Purchase Access FIRST then choose delivery option.
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Option 1 - Delivery as part of a psychotherapy treatment plan and if the client meets medical diagnosis criteria health insurance can be used to cover the costs of therapy and the programs can be delivered during the therapy sessions (after access has been purchased). Costs will depend on insurance plan coverage, co-pay, deductible and other factors, typically $150 an hour.
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Option 2 - Regulation Coaching - If the person doesn't qualify or does not need or desire to do a full psychotherapy treatment plan they can pay directly for Tame Your Tiger Regulation Coaching. This is self pay only, not covered by insurance.
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Regulation Coaching can be done in office, or at home via video chat, phone call or email support
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Regulation Coaching is $150 an hour billed in 15 minute increments no matter where/how method of coaching is provided
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Our therapists and regulation coaches are ready to support your needs.
Get Started Today on a journey towards
More Connections and Less Frustrations!
"Toby the Tiger Tamer"
written by Heart & Mind's founder and Executive Director
Amy Reamer, LMFT, RPT-S
Toby keeps finding himself in trouble.
He promises not to do it again and tries to do what he is told to do. It's not working though. Once Toby learns more about his brain, the tiger, the hippo and the owl - life gets better. This book is to help parents, teachers and counselors teach their children about their brain and empower them to provide co-regulation which leads to self-regulation.
Additional FAQ's
Q. What is regulation? What is co-regulation?
A. Picture a teeter totter. Your or Your child is on one end and life (environment and experiences) is on the other side. A parent/caregiver/teacher/adult/peer/other helps a child regulate their responses to what life puts on the other side. They help them adjust up and down without slamming up or down. The more this happens the less help the child needs from others because that co-regulation is now internal and becomes self-regulation. There’s a myth that this comes simply with chronological age (growing up) - it’s experience-based not age-based. Learn More.
Q. What are the programs included?
A. We feature several proven programs to help your or your child Tame their Tiger:
Q. Why was it started?
A. Learn more about our history
Q. What is the the Polyvagal Theory?
A. The Polyvagal Theory by Dr. Stephen Porges tells us we can be wired for protection instead of connection - this can be due to trauma, developmental roadblocks, sensory issues and more.
Watch these 2 videos to learn more:
Dr. Stephen Porges: What is the Polyvagal Theory
The Polyvagal Theory: The New Science of Safety and Trauma
Q. How do I get started?