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Creating a Mindfulness-Based Play Therapy Intervention
Free infographic to help you determine the level of mindfulness from play therapy interventions
Tracy Turner-Bumberry, LPC, helps you determine the level of mindfulness play therapy interventions have when working with young clients.
Using Drawing Interventions in Play Therapy
Free worksheet download to help you and young clients increase mindfulness
Tracy Turner-Bumberry, LPC, shares the benefits of art-based therapy interventions for young clients and drawing interventions you can download for FREE to use in your next session.
8 Must-Have Play Therapy Books for Therapists Who Work with Young Clients
These books will change up your sessions with your young clients
Play therapy is a beneficial method for working with young clients in and out of the therapy office, and °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ has the books to get you started or inspire new ideas for play therapy sessions!
Enhancing Self-Regulation Through Play Therapy
Free trauma-informed play therapy demonstration & worksheets
Many children with big behaviors need help learning how to regulate themselves more quickly or more effectively. °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ author Paris Goodyear-Brown provides a simple sensory-soothing activity that can be particularly helpful for children who struggle to close their eyes and relax.
Excavating Hard Things
Free trauma-informed play therapy intervention
When a child is experiencing the intrusive or avoidance symptoms of PTSD, building a coherent narrative becomes essential to treatment. Paris Goodyear-Brown, MSSW, LCSW, RPT-S, demonstrates an exercise designed to help children verbalize their big emotions.
Catch a Breath Exercise
Helping Kids Regulate Their Emotions
Jennifer Lefebre, PsyD, RPT-S; Tammi Van Hollander, LCSW, RPT-S; and Clair Mellenthin, LCSW, RPT-S, walk you through a fun, playful exercise that can help kids reap the benefits of deep breathing.
Tele-Play Therapy During a Pandemic
Ethically and effectively continue your play therapy work with TELEPLAY. Join renowned play therapy expert, supervisor, and author, Tammi Van Hollander, LCSW, RPT-S as she shares her most valuable resources.
Play Therapy Activities to Help Kids Achieve Greater Self-Regulation
Interventions based in Play Therapy and Mindfulness to understand and improve the world of children
Tracy Turner-Bumberry, LPC, RPT-S, CAS, shares simple, playful and on-point interventions that combines mindfulness, expressive arts and play to help kids achieve greater self-regulation, focus more and stress less.
°ÅÀÖÊÓƵ Book Club: July 2019
Check out this month's new releases and free worksheets!
Looking for some summer reads and new resources? We've got you covered!
5 Free Resources for Teachers
We're celebrating the start of a new school year by offering teachers FIVE of our best school-and teaching-related worksheets and videos...for FREE!
Be sure to share these free activities with all your teacher friends and family!