hope & healing
for yourself
and your
relationships
We make sure your specific health needs are addressed
trauma-informed
speaker, educator
and parenting
coach
“The lotus flower blooms most beautifully from the deepest and thickest mud.”
Buddhist Proverb
Life’s stress has a way of bringing out the best-- and the
worst-- in us. As parents, we want to protect our
children from hurt and foster post-traumatic growth.
But how?
I use everything I have learned about attachment,
mindfulness, emotion regulation, and neuroscience to
coach parents on how to bring out the best in
themselves and their children-- no matter what they
have been through
Carey Gil,
LCSW
I have spent over 20 years supporting Bay Area families in their
growth and healing. I firmly believe in the human power to
triumph and blossom after hardship and trauma because she
has borne witness to it hundreds of times.
With training and experience working extensively with foster
youth, foster/adoptive families, divorce/coparenting and
families in crisis, I am a wise and encouraging voice to guide you
on your journey. I love supporting families to bond, repair
relationships and grow, and to support individuals in their
personal trauma healing.
My greatest learning is done at home parenting her own
children. I am also a Lecturer and Faculty Field Liaison at the
SJSU Graduate School of Social Work where I enjoy sharing my
passion with the next generation of helping professionals. I am
the Founder and Executive Director of Lotus Family Services, a
trauma-informed family services organization seeking to change
the world, one family at a time!
Services
Rebuild strong, safe and supportive
family relationships using creative
and innovative techniques designed
by neuroscience and attachment
experts
Get practical tips on how to create
the family you've always wanted!
Creating healthier and wiser communities through classes, groups and trainings offered across the Bay Area
Offered in small or large groups
parent coaching
classes & Trainings
Creating Real Support & Real Solutions for Complex Problems, Together
Specialized training
Groundbreaking therapeutic model that incorporates attachment, biology and
brain science to give caregivers practical advice on how to set up home
environments for success, foster healthy relationships and discipline
emotionally sensitive youth effectively.
After experiencing stress or trauma (i.e. adoption, abuse, family separation)
kids often lose their ‘voice’ – and feeling of safety and trust in adults.
"Traditional" fear-based parenting strategies often bring out the worst in these
kids-- making them feel more unsafe, unloved, disconnected.
Caregivers end up frustrated, confused and sad-- this isn't what they want from
their family relationships!
We'll work together to build a customized parenting plan with concrete
ways to improve your child's behavior and your parent-child relationship.
Your family will never be the same!
Trauma-Informed Parenting
Trust-Based Relational Intervention Model (TBRI)
Premier TBRI Practitioner in the Bay Area!
Available for in person trainings in the
South Bay San Jose area or virtually
408-479-8878
We'd love to hear from you!
Carey Gil, LCSW #26685
Classes & Trainings
We share our expertise with individuals, agencies & corporations via webinars and live seminars across the Bay Area to help grow a healthier and wiser community
Topics include:
Trauma Informed Care & Parenting
Attachment Based Parenting/ TBRI
Resiliency and Trauma Recovery
Cross Cultural Blended Family Dynamics
Child Development & Trauma
Bonding & Attachment (Foster/Adopt/Blended families)
Parenting Teens in the 21st Century
Successful CoParenting (divorce/open adoption/foster care)
Parallel Parenting
Supporting Your Child Through Crisis (Separation, divorce, grief)
Contact us for availability and rates
Past training partners
CCSCC Refugee Foster Care Program
CCSCC Kinship Caregiver Program
Help One Child
San Jose State University