What Our Playroom Says About Us
What Our Playroom Says About Us Click Here to Subscribe to this Podcast on iTunes! Or listen now... Did you know that your playroom is a reflection of you? What you put [...]
Body Image: How You Can Help Your Child Develop a Healthy Relationship with Food
By Chelsea Hester In a world that is populated with diets, food advertisements, and models of only certain shapes and colors, children of all ages are being bombarded by external messages about [...]
How to Recognize Empowerment in the Playroom
Click Here to Subscribe to this Podcast on iTunes! Or listen now... Therapists are so good at identifying and working with the problem, but are we as trained to also recognize [...]
Emotions from the Inside Out, Part 2
Emotions from the Inside Out, Part 2 “It takes courage to let go of the familiar and embrace the new.”-Alan Cohen By Kelly Miller, LCSW, RPT Everybody has emotions and feelings, but not [...]
Teaming with Teachers – Working With a Client’s School
Teaming with Teachers - Working With a Client's School By Judith Norman, MA, MS, LPC, RPT-S Have you tried working with a client’s school and found it challenging? If so, you are not [...]
How to Leave Play in the Playroom (i.e. Not Take It Home)
How to Leave Play in the Playroom (i.e. Not Take It Home) Click Here to Subscribe to this Podcast on iTunes! Or listen now... Have you ever gone home at the end [...]
Help Your Child Overcome Nameless Anxiety
Help Your Child Overcome Nameless Anxiety By Annie Brook, Ph.D. Children share their emotional and body-based experiences in an attempt to integrate life events; including experiences in utero, at birth and post birth. These [...]
Emotions From the Inside Out, Part 1
Emotions From the Inside Out, Part 1 By Erin Bennetts, LCSW, RPT Recently I was meeting with a new client’s parents for the first time. We were discussing their desired outcome for [...]
Be Yourself – Therapist Authenticity in the Playroom
By Lisa Dion, LPC, RPT-S We intuitively understand that it is important to be authentic with our clients, but do we understand why authenticity is actually crucial according to our client’s brains? [...]
The Most Important Toy in the Playroom
The Most Important Toy in the Playroom To kick off the Synergetic Play Therapy Institute's "Lessons from the Playroom" Podcast, Lisa Dion, LPC, RPT-S, is challenging the thought that the toys are [...]