The Empathetic Child
Welcome guest blogger, Adrienne Jeffries! She brings to light the realities of nurturing the Empathetic Child! Read More »
Continue readingFoster Parent Struggles
My first guest blogger is Theresa Frasier. She highlights the struggles and realities of a foster parent and Play Therapist. Enjoy! Read More »
Continue readingPlay Therapy Practice Building Spotlight: Sarah Stein-Wolf
Play Therapy Practice Building Spotlight: Sarah Stein-WolfSarah Stein-Wolf shares the things that have worked well (and not so well) in her first six months of play therapy practice in this video interview
Continue readingYou Are AMAZING
That is the name of Holly Willard’s coloring book and the subject of her course Sexual Abuse Treatment Methods Using Play Therapy from the 2017 Play Therapy Summit. Holly takes this topic very seriously
Continue readingCoping with Hawaii’s Ballistic Missile False Alarm
It’s been two full days since Hawaii’s ballistic missile false alarm. Many people have blogged about what it was like to think you were going to die. People who were not here really don’t
Continue readingHappy New Year!
Hey everyone! Welcome to 2018! You may have noticed that you have not been getting the weekly emails anymore. Since moving to Hawaii, I have really dropped the ball on that one. But luckily, I have
Continue readingThe Value of Unstructured Play
“Play.” That was the answer my three year old son gave when I asked the same question I ask every Friday afternoon. The question is, “What do you want to do this weekend?” Now,
Continue readingPlay Therapy & Family Court
Clinicians-Are you prepared for a high conflict family court case? I could talk about play therapy all day. It’s fun and exciting and so powerful. You know what’s not fun? Spending a
Continue readingIntegrative Attachment Informed Cognitive Behavioral Play Therapy (IAI-CBPT)
Integrative Attachment Informed Cognitive Behavioral Play Therapy (IAI-CBPT) was a topic in the 2017 Play Therapy Summit presented by Dr. Angela Cavett. Dr. Cavett created this model out of her love
Continue readingThe Culture of Childhood
I just wanted to take a quick minute to say how thankful I am for everyone that participated in the 2017 Play Therapy Summit. I have now moved to Hawaii and since it might be cold where most of you are,
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