A fascinating window into children’s inner worlds
Hi! We’re Sonya & Chris from Switzerland.
We’ve been quietly helping kids and training professionals for 15 years. Now we’re sharing what we’ve seen.
Cases from real sessions. Including the ones that didn’t go as planned. Many include drawings the children made themselves.
We’ll also share interesting insights and observations from 5’000 sessions.
You can read our story on the About page. This post is just to orient you before you dive in.
Sonya’s craft
Children can rarely explain their struggles in words. But ask them to close their eyes, and they can show you exactly what’s going on inside.
That’s where Sonya works. In the child’s own imagination.
Children rarely explain their struggles neatly in words. The craft is helping them make those experiences visible, understandable and discussable.
That’s where the metaphors like Diva Tongue, Hero Syringes, or Responsibility Backpacks come from.
One character specifically has become central to our work.
The Lizard. The part of the brain responsible for fight, flight or freeze.
Helping children understand and calm their lizard evolved into one of our most powerful techniques.
And that’s why this publication is called LizardTamer.
You work with children professionally? Explore practical ways to help children show you what they struggle to explain. [Learn this craft →]
You Need help for your child? Sonya currently takes on a limited number of cases. [Tell us about your child →]