This holiday season, Ignite Pathways is creating something special for their Littles Program, an opportunity for young children to slow down, connect, and create with intention. As part of their winter curriculum, they’re introducing hands-on art activities where each child gets to design and craft their own holiday decorations.

From painted ornaments to personalized garlands and keepsake creations inspired by the examples shown, these projects are designed to support emotional expression, fine-motor development, and sensory exploration. Each decoration becomes more than a craft, it becomes a tangible reminder of joy, creativity, and the child’s growing confidence.

Ignite Pathways believes that art helps children feel grounded and empowered, especially during the busy holiday season. By offering a space where Littles can explore color, texture, and imagination, the program encourages connection, self-expression, and the simple magic of making something with their own hands.

These holiday creations will be incorporated into the program’s broader therapeutic work and giving children an avenue to build emotional regulation skills, practice mindfulness, and experience the pride of creating something uniquely their own.

The Littles Program continues to grow through activities like these, offering a blend of gentle structure, therapeutic support, and playful creativity that helps each child feel seen, supported, and celebrated.

🗓️ When

Our SEL group runs weekly and follows a structured, predictable routine to help kids feel safe and confident.
Sessions typically last 60 minutes and run in multi-week cycles so children have time to build skills, relationships, and trust.
(You can add exact dates/times here once you have them.)

📍 Where

Held at Ignite Pathways Counseling (or your location), in a warm, play-centered therapy room designed for learning through movement, creativity, and connection.
The environment is sensory-friendly, calm, and intentionally set up for kids to explore emotions through art, play, and body-based activities.

💲 Cost

Pricing is based per cycle (ex: 6–8 weeks) and includes:

• Weekly group sessions

• All art/play materials

• Parent updates or check-ins

• A closing progress summary
  ($40 per session)

👦👧 Who Is This Group For

This group is ideal for children who:

• Struggle to manage big emotions

• Get frustrated easily or shut down

• Benefit from structured social practice

• Need support navigating peer conflict

• Want to build confidence, resilience, and communication skills

• Thrive with hands-on activities like drawing, movement, games, and pretend play

Perfect for kids who may not succeed with talk-heavy groups and learn better through doing, moving, and expressing.

🎨 What to Expect

Each session blends art, play, and body movement to help children learn emotional skills in ways that feel natural and fun. Kids will practice:

• Naming and understanding emotions

• Building frustration tolerance

• Using coping strategies during tough moments

• Resolving conflict with peers

• Taking turns, sharing space, and communicating needs

• Making and maintaining friendships

• Trying new activities in a supportive, low-pressure setting

Every activity is designed to strengthen social-emotional skills through experiential learning, not lectures. Sessions may include story-based play, role-playing, collaborative games, painting, sensory activities, yoga-inspired movement, and creative problem-solving.

Parents can expect periodic updates about themes, skills practiced, and ways to support carryover at home.

DBT Skills Group

When This DBT skills group meets weekly and follows a structured, predictable format to support consistency, safety, and skill-building. Sessions run for 90 minutes and take place over a 19-week program, allowing participants time to learn, practice, and integrate DBT skills into daily life.

Class options Beginning March 7th-

• In-person Saturdays, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM

• Virtual Thursdays, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM

Cost

Pricing is consistently $40 per session and includes:

• Weekly group session

• All therapy materials (worksheets, presentations, additional learning resources)

• A closing progress summary

Where

Virtual sessions are held via a secure online platform.

In-person sessions are facilitated through Ignite Pathways Counseling.

Ignite Pathways is based in Tacoma, Washington, and referrals for additional resources or individual therapy can be provided as needed.

What to Expect

This group focuses on building practical DBT skills to support emotional regulation, healthier relationships, and overall wellbeing. Each session includes structured teaching, guided discussion, and opportunities to practice skills in a supportive group environment.

Participants will work on skills related to:

• Emotional regulation and distress tolerance

• Mindfulness and present-moment awareness

• Interpersonal effectiveness and communication

• Building balance between acceptance and change

The group is designed to be supportive and collaborative. Participation is encouraged but not forced, and individuals are welcome to engage at a pace that feels comfortable for them.

https://dialecticalbehaviortherapy.com/

When

Our DBT group runs weekly and follows a structured, predictable routine to help youth feel safe and confident.
Sessions typically last 60 minutes and run in multi-week cycles so children have time to build skills, relationships, and trust. Groups will take place on Tuesdays from 4-5pm - start date is TBD

Cost

Pricing is consistently $40 per session and includes:

• Weekly group session

• All therapy materials (worksheets, presentations, additional learning resources)

• Parent updates or check-ins

• A closing progress summary

Where

Held entirely virtually via Google Meets. Ignite Pathways Counseling is based in Tacoma and if need be, referrals for additional resources or individual counseling can be made. 

This group is ideal for youth who:

• Are ages 13-18

• Struggle with emotional regulation or shut down often

• Benefit from structured social practice

• Need support navigating peer conflict

• Want to build confidence, resilience, and communication skills

• Experience heavy emotional experiences and are looking for ways to manage their day-to-day stresses better

Perfect for youth who are looking for therapy options with low barriers and have questions about actionable steps they can take to improve their interpersonal and coping skills

What to Expect

Each session focuses on a core skill in DBT through a guided lesson, facilitated discussion, reflection, and activity to help youth learn emotional skills around creating change and reaching acceptance. Youth will practice:

• Thought Defusion

• Mental Body Scans

• Using coping strategies during tough moments

• Self-soothing and Self-validation

• Assertive Communication

• Trying new activities in a supportive, low-pressure setting

Every activity is designed to strengthen interpersonal skills through guided practice and creative problem-solving. Sessions may include mindfulness exercises, optional worksheets, and interactive exercises. Participation is voluntary and youth are encouraged to engage but never required to share if not ready. 

Parents can expect periodic updates about themes, skills practiced, and ways to support carryover at home.

This group is based on the evidence-based practice of DBT and more information can be found through the link below:

https://dialecticalbehaviortherapy.com/

Unbroken: A Space for the Chronically Ill and Disabled

When
Unbroken is a bi-weekly group that meets in a supportive, intentional rhythm designed to foster safety, connection, and shared understanding.
Sessions are 60 minutes and take place during the spring session on the following dates:
Thursdays from 4:00–5:00 PM
March 5, March 19, April 2, April 16

Cost

Pricing is based per cycle and includes:

• Bi-weekly group sessions

• A supported, facilitated group space

• Resources and materials shared during the group

• A closing reflection or summary at the end of the session cycle

$40 per session (private pay)
May also be covered by most insurance plans

What to Expect
Unbroken is a relational, community-centered group created for individuals who are chronically ill and/or disabled. The group offers a supported container to explore connection, belonging, and resilience while honoring lived experience.

Sessions focus on:

• Fostering connection in a gentle, supported space

• Nurturing vulnerability, radical acceptance, and self-resonance

• Exploring relationship to body, identity, and the natural world

• Drawing from disability justice frameworks to support empowerment and collective resilience

This group prioritizes consent, pacing, and accessibility. Participation is encouraged but never required, and members are welcome to engage in ways that feel supportive to their bodies and capacities. The space honors rest, fluctuation, and the reality of chronic illness and disability.

Where
The group meets entirely online, allowing participants to join from the comfort and accessibility of their own space.
Ignite Pathways is based in Tacoma, Washington, and additional referrals or individual support can be provided if needed.

Who This Group Is For

Unbroken is for adults who identify as chronically ill and/or disabled and are seeking a supportive, affirming space to connect with others who share similar lived experiences.

This group may be a good fit for individuals who:

• Live with chronic illness, disability, or ongoing health conditions

• Experience fluctuating capacity, fatigue, pain, or medical trauma

• Feel isolated or unseen in traditional support or therapy spaces

• Are navigating identity, grief, or acceptance related to illness or disability

• Want a space centered on connection, belonging, and shared understanding, rather than fixing or pushing through

• Value a group grounded in disability justice, consent, and accessibility

This group is not skills-based or problem-solving focused. Instead, it centers lived experience, relational support, and collective resilience in a gentle, supported container.

Participants are welcome to engage at their own pace. Rest, boundaries, and variable participation are honored and respected.