Collaboration + Resources

We’re not meant to do this work in isolation.

At Deeply Rooted Consulting, I believe children and families are meant to be seen, supported, and held within a connected circle of care.

Inspired by Two-Eyed Seeing, I value bringing different perspectives, strengths, and ways of knowing together. When professionals collaborate, families have a stronger net of safety and support around them.

I feel incredibly grateful for the many Nanaimo and Vancouver Island professionals and community organizations doing meaningful work alongside children and families.

Here you’ll find trusted child and family resources, local professionals, session recordings, and educational resources. I’m happy to share.

Connection creates community. Community creates support.

Dr Michelle Francis |

Oceanview Pediatrics

Learn more at our local CYAN Clinic Developed by
Dr. Michelle Francis.

The Complex Youth ADHD Nanaimo (CYAN) clinic is a low-barrier multidisciplinary clinic for children and youth with suspected or diagnosed ADHD who require additional supports due to:

Co-morbid diagnoses
Family stressors
School barriers
Treatment failure

Referrals must come from a physician or nurse practitioner. However, you can speak to your child's school to get help in initiating this process if you don't have a doctor.

https://www.oceanviewpaediatrics.com/cyan-clinic

The Life Skills Studio | Heidi, Pediatric Occupational Therapist

Practical support for everyday life.
Heidi is an Occupational Therapist who supports children and families with the everyday skills that help life feel more manageable from sensory processing and regulation to routines, independence, participation, and functional life skills.

Her work brings an occupational therapy lens to understanding what a child needs in order to participate, connect, and thrive.

A beautiful complement to the connection-based, neuro-affirming work at Deeply Rooted Consulting.

Explore The Life Skills Studio

Gathered in Motherhood

Gathered in Motherhood brings together expectant mothers walking through the same season of life, creating a space to feel supported, understood, and connected as you begin this new chapter together.

Through conversation, connection and community gathered in motherhood creates friendships that lasts far beyond six weeks.

A lot to come in the future, but for now the first:

Gathered in Motherhood Prenatal Circle October, 2026 Gathered in Motherhood Postpartum Gathering (up to 18M) will start September 21, 2026.

Free Webinars

Explore our recorded parenting webinars and child development education sessions, created to help parents and caregivers better understand sensory needs, emotional regulation, nervous system regulation, behaviour, connection, and neuroaffirming parenting.

These conversations offer practical, evidence-informed strategies you can revisit whenever you need them, because parenting support shouldn’t end when the webinar does.

Session #1 Understanding your Childs Nervous System

Explore what may be happening underneath refusal, big emotions, meltdowns, negotiation, and power struggles and how connection and regulation can change the way we respond.
Watch here

Session #2 Awareness to Strategies

Learn how sensory, emotional, and relational demands can stack up for children and practical ways parents can support regulation, connection, and confidence at home.

Watch here

Becoming the Parent you Needed...
November 22, 2026

1:00-4:00 PM

A workshop led by Yumiko Kakutani, Registered Clinical Counsellor of Kitsune Counselling + Consulting and Ronna Kit, Registered Social Worker, Founder of Deeply Rooted Consulting.

This space will invite you to explore the parts of yourself that show up in parenting. We will gently tend to wounded parts, build compassion, and find ways forward rooted in connection and attunement.

Hosted at the beautiful

The Reverie

Vancouver Island.

This space is for you if,

~ you replay parenting moments after they happen

~ you want to show up differently for yourself and your family
~ surface level strategies and scripts are not working

~ you feel triggered or overwhelmed by your child’s behavior

~ you notice patterns you want to change but feel stuck