Play therapy activities

Check out three different types of Cognitive Behavioral Play Therapy along with 14 free activities, downloads, and techniques to use with child, adolescent, and middle school clients!

Just what exactly are the CCPT session skills? How do you know what exactly to say? Download this free cheat sheet of the Child Centered Play Therapy Session Skills!

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Explore creative ways to use playdough in therapy with children. These dynamic, sensory activities will help children process emotions, communicate, and heal. The article shows creative interventions, recipes, free printables, and storage ideas.

Therapy with teens can be difficult! They are at the age where they are too old for traditional Play Therapy, but likely still too young to exclusively talk about all the things that bother them. Check out these top 3 games I use in my Play Therapy sessions with teens to help increase engagement and work on goals of emotional regulation, confidence, and widening affective tolerance!

Need effective emotional regulation activities for kids? Is your child struggling w big emotions, thoughts, feelings, & behavior? Read this!

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Kids | If you’re looking for CBT activities for children, we’re sharing 14 tips, tools, and ideas to help. Perfect for parents and teachers trying to help kids with anxiety, depression, ADHD, and anger management, these fun ideas can be used at home and in the classroom to help kids recognize their negative thoughts and replace them with positive ones. #cognitivebehaviortherapy #CBT #playtherapy

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Finding fairies is a top favorite of kids! Its so fun they dont even realize the communication and social skills they are building which is how play therapy should feel like!

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WHAT CHILDREN LEARN IN PLAY THERAPY Maybe you’re a parent thinking about giving play therapy a try with your child . Here are some great reminders about what children learn in play therapy through the power of play and nurturing relationship with a play therapist. #playtherapy

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Give your kids with ADHD fun and healthy activities to do in their free time! Read our top seven activities on the Goally Blog ✨ #ADHD #activities #kids #idea #fun Image description: a pink and green gradient background with a title that says "7 fun Activities for Kids with ADHD." The title sits above a graphic of two kids with ADHD playing games.

I'm sharing 5 Mindfulness Activities for Kids. Now, more than ever is the time to teach them how to manage stress and emotions.

How do you know if play therapy is effective? If what you are doing is actually moving the needle to help make kids better… or if you’re just playing? Kids come into our play therapy offices for so many different reasons such as anxiety, depression, and anger - it can be tough to see what they are doing inside the playroom as helpful to their lives outside the playroom. Find clarity on what’s just play and what’s play therapy below!

If you work with kids you work with big emotions. Emotional regulation is one of the foundations to my play therapy practice and interweaves through all my interventions and techniques. Check out one of my favorite play therapy techniques for emotional regulation and containment - big feeling eaters!

If you're a parent or pediatric therapist looking for easy play therapy ideas to do in a home setting, look no further! You can easily incorporate these ten creative play therapy techniques into a home environment to support your child’s emotional growth and well-being.

Here are some great ideas from Big Life Journal if you are feeling strong emotions in public: