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21 Play Therapy Techniques Parents Can Use At Home: Supporting Kids' Mental Health
Discover 21 play therapy techniques parents can use at home to support their child’s emotional and mental health. Practical tips to help your child thrive.
Is Play Therapy Effective or Are Kids Just Playing?
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!
All About Play Therapy | Free Printable Infographic
Play therapy encourages imagination, self-expression, and exploration through specially selected toys and materials. It offers a transformative pathway for children to explore their emotions, navigate challenges, and find healing through the power of play. Play is natural for children and it allows them to comfortably engage in the therapeutic setting. Visit Child Therapy Guide for more information and a free printable PDF about Play Therapy. Child Therapy Guide provides free printable…
This post is a roundup of play interventions to use to help children process anger. It includes making puppets, art activities, using small motor skills, large motor skill activities, and more!
Top 10 Play Therapy Activities and Free Downloads for 2022
If you are a play therapist looking for new play therapy interventions, techniques, and strategies for anxiety, depression, trauma, and anger you NEED to get your hands on the top 10 Play Therapy activities, free downloads, and techniques for 2022!
10 Engaging, Fun, And Easy Play Therapy Ideas To Do At Home
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.
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!
What if you could only bring three toys into the Playroom? This happens all the time with therapist that travel from office to office or do in-home or in school work. Selection of play therapy materials is key! Check out my top 3 toys I use for Cognitive Behavioral Play Therapy and the ones I would bring if I could only choose three!
Taming The Tiger: Play Therapy Intervention for Anger
When working with big feelings and emotions with kids and teens, anger is often in the mix. Check out this play therapy intervention to help with emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and regulation skills using miniatures!
I'm Ann Meehan, an LPCC, RPT-S ™ , and EMDR Consultant. I help therapists that work with kids and teens go from a place of stress and survival to inspired and thriving. I give child therapists...
Helping Kids Cope: 14 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Activities for Kids
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
Top 10 Must-Watch Play Therapy Videos - Sandtray Therapy Training
What are the BEST play therapy videos you can refer to in your practice, you ask? Well, you are in LUCK, because I have my top 10 favorite play therapy YouTube videos chosen just for you.. Some are just for you as a play thearpist but then some can be used with clients and parents […]
Play therapy is a type of therapeutic intervention used to help children explore and express their feelings, thoughts, and experiences through play. It is based on the idea that children communicate and process their emotions through play, and that providing a safe and supportive environment for them to play can help them resolve emotional and behavioral issues. Click here to learn more.
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