Rebel Shift Childhood LLC

Emily McCrea is the founder and former director of Downtown Community School Inc. a 501c3 non-profit educational institution and advocacy center; Which operated in Tucson Az, from 2010-2020.

She is the creator of Rebel Shift Childhood LLC, therapeutic coaching and consulting and psycho-educational support services. Her work is dedicated to honoring self-expression, providing supportive and inclusive cutting-edge support, with a neurologically sound approach that creates emotional safety and healthy sustainable relationships. Her purpose is to interpret children’s (and inner children’s) needs and feelings and empower them to find their individual voices and to express their unique gifts. She specializes in supporting neurodivergent and gifted kids and their families. Her work is to normalize stress and identify the root causes of tricky and troubling behavior. She works in tandem with other therapists and practitioners to provide families and children robust psycho-educational support and healing for the whole family. She works in collaboration with schools and organizations facilitating community training, workshops, professional development, restructuring and emotional support; As well as an advocate and family/school liaison and IEP support specialist for sensitive and gifted kids. She identifies and advocates for children’s emotional needs and feelings and assists parents and educators in deciphering troubling and confusing behavior. She offer’s a therapeutic alternative to talk therapy and provides crisis support to families.

She has been working with children and families for over 25 years. She is a TEACH through Love certified conscious parent educator and coach, a certified Inner Child Journey and Resilient Heart trauma sensitive practitioner. She is a long time progressive educator and classroom teacher, consultant, speaker, group facilitator and an LGBTQ youth ally. She is a self proclaimed emotional interpreter and fierce advocate of children’s rights. She is a mom of 2 kids, 15 and 21.

Appointments available in-person, on-site and on-line. Group courses and workshops for parents, educators, caregivers & therapists available in-person and on-line.

“I teach caring adults how to identify what drives behavior and decipher and decode troubling and confusing behaviors and build compassionate communication skills and regulation tools that sustain relationships without punitive measures. I am focused on interpretation of core stored emotions and core developmental needs. I offer a non-judgmental environment. I utilize neuro-developmental needs, inner-child work, somatic regulation techniques, modern boundaries work, compassionate communication, cutting-edge psycho-education and robust relationship repair for all of our important relationships.”

Rebel Shift Childhood is dedicated to….

❖TRAUMA SENSITIVE

❖INCLUSIVE & SUPPORTIVE

❖NEUROLOGICALLY SOUND

❖HONORING SELF-EXPRESSION

❖HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS

❖ EMPOWERING EVERYONE