Janine Halloran

Janine Halloran is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor who has been working with children, adolescents and their families for over 15 years. She is the Founder of Encourage Play, Coping Skills for Kids, and the host of the Calm & Connected Podcast. Her work has been featured in The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, Huffington Post and Pysch Central. She has also written for Hey Sigmund, Confident Parents Confident Kids, and Bay State Parent Magazine. She was named The Skimm® Newsletter's Skimm'r of the Year in 2018. Janine lives in Massachusetts with her husband and their two children. When Janine isn’t working, you can find her in her garden, doing an arts and crafts project or in a Zumba class. She has a weakness for Nutella and Netflix.