the Child Restorative
This session supports children who may be carrying more than they can express. It helps them feel calmer, steadier + more at home in their body — so they can return to being at ease and fully themselves.
This work reaches beyond what's visible.
This work supports what isn’t always visible.
It can be especially helpful during medical treatments, big transitions, or times when something simply feels unsettled.
Families often come when their child is navigating sleep changes, emotional ups and downs, or heightened sensitivity.
For sensitive children, this space offers a gentle reset — a place where their system can soften, settle + return to steadiness.
This work doesn’t replace medical or therapeutic care. It works alongside it, supporting the deeper layers that influence how a child feels and responds.
The Heart + Science behind the child restorative
This work is grounded in both lived experience and clinical care. With a background in pediatric emergency and surgical nursing, I deeply respect the role of medicine. This work doesn’t replace it, it supports what isn’t always addressed.
Sessions may include gentle, body-based work, intuitive insight, and other supportive approaches — always used with care and intention.
Everything is done in collaboration with you as the parent or guardian, and paced to your child’s comfort and capacity.
If you’d like a simple explanation of any of these approaches, you can explore the glossary
The Structure
Sessions are held with a parent or caregiver present (your child does not need to attend). We begin with a conversation about what’s going on and what feels most present.
From there, I support your child remotely while we meet, helping their system settle and regulate. You leave with clarity + your child receives gentle support.
Inside the Restorative
Parent Clarity + Context
We begin with a focused conversation about what’s been coming up, so you can speak openly and gain clarity.
Real-Time Support
While we meet, I gently support your child remotely, helping their system settle and regulate.
Integration + Next Steps
We close by grounding the shift and identifying simple ways you can support your child at home.
Includes The Inner Current
Private audio support to help the shifts land and hold between sessions.
$270
kind words from clients >>
“I don’t even know how to put this into words. After everything we went through.. the c-section, the colic, the nonstop crying.. this is the first time my baby actually looks comfortable in his body for this length of time. He’s calm. He’s sleeping. He’s not arching or clenching. It’s like something settled in his whole system. I’m honestly in tears. I didn’t know this kind of peace was possible for him. Or for me haha. Thank you truly.”
—Lara R.
“So as you know my daughter has had this intense phobia for months like irrational full body panic, total shutdown anytime it came up. It felt so bizarre, but also so real in her system. During the session, when you brought up the past life thread that you saw linked to this, it was like her whole body softened (mine as well). I’m honestly kind of speechless. I'm still trying to wrap my head around how all of this works but I FELT the shift and want to thank you endlessly.”
3 month follow up: Her phobia has subsided dramatically- what used to be full-body tantrums and crying is now slight hesitation and a new strength in her. THANK YOU JACKIE!!
—Jenn L.
“I just have to say.. the fact that you offer night sessions for moms while the kids sleep… is INCREDIBLE. I can’t tell you how rare it is to find support that actually works with the reality of motherhood. Thank you for making space for us like this.”
—Kerri D.
“You have such a gift. And what really got me was how supported I felt too. You saw the whole picture. The next steps were clear, doable and actually brought relief. I didn’t realize how much I needed that kind of support as a mom until I had it. I've already recommended you to all my mom friends haha love you jack”
—Katie W.
“When our son was diagnosed, everything stopped. It was one of those moments where you go into survival mode we had so many appointments, tests, specialists. Everyone was focused on the medical side, which we’re so grateful for, but no one was asking how he was really doing. Or how we were doing as his parents.
A friend told us about Jaclyn and I booked a session not really knowing what to expect. What happened after that felt like someone gave us room to breathe again. She worked with him through me… helping his system calm, release fear, and feel safe again. He started sleeping better. He had more energy. The tension in his body started to ease. And she held us as parents too. I don’t think I realized how much I was carrying until it started to lift. We ended up joining a 6 month container with her to have consistent support from her during this time.
Jaclyn’s work didn’t replace anything but it supported freaking everything. The treatments, the appointments, the hard days. It gave us something steady and sacred to hold onto when everything else felt out of control. This work changed the way we’re walking through this and we couldn't be more grateful."
—Sara C.
"Our daughter started saying things that didn’t make sense at first like vivid memories of things we hadn’t experienced with her, visions, energy she could feel in certain rooms. She was anxious, emotional, and completely overwhelmed. As her parents, we wanted to support her, but we didn’t know how. And to be honest, we were scared.
Jaclyn held all of it with so much love and clarity. She helped us understand what was actually happening.. that our daughter was opening to parts of herself most people never access. And instead of shutting it down or medicating the emotions away, Jaclyn taught us how to help her ground, how to regulate her system, how to hold space for her gifts.
The sessions were gentle and powerful. Our daughter began to really calm for the first time in weeks. She started sleeping better. Jaclyn also suggested creating an art space at home for her to explore her gifts and she now paints almost daily that is her happy safe space.
What felt overwhelming at first now feels like something we are in awe of. I truly believe Jaclyn helped protect not just her gifts, but our connection to her as parents.”
—Leanne H.
integrative restoration practitioner and founder of river + rise studio
Jaclyn Shea
I’m a former Pediatric Emergency and Surgical RN, and a mom of two intuitive little girls.
Motherhood has taken us through medical diagnoses, unexpected turns, sensitive nervous systems. We've navigated heart concerns, heightened sensitivities, and things that felt bigger than just the physical.
I believe deeply in medical care. I’ve worked inside it. I trust it.
And I’ve also witnessed, in my own children as well, that there are often deeper energetic layers at play… things the body is holding that don’t always show up on scans, but are very real in how they feel and respond.
That experience changed how I mother. And it changed how I practice.
Today, I bring both worlds together - my clinical background and energetic restoration work - to support children and families in feeling steadier, more connected, and more at ease in their bodies and homes.
faq
Does my child need to be present for the session?
No. Sessions are held with you, and your child is supported remotely.
Is this safe for my child?
Yes. Everything is gentle, paced, and guided by your child’s capacity.
What if I’m not sure this is right for my child?
you can reach out to me at [email protected] to discuss + ask any questions you may have
Will one session be enough?
One session can support a lot. Many families return as things continue to shift.
What ages is this appropriate for?
This session is appropriate for children of all ages. Because we meet with the parent directly, the format works well for all ages, babies to teens.
Will my child feel anything?
Some children may seem more relaxed, emotional, or sleepy afterward. Others may not show obvious changes right away. Every child integrates a bit differently.
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