Tips to Prevent Burnout
When I finished graduate school, I tossed my commencement cap into the ring of the real world and packed my passions, my hopes, and my dreams inside filing cabinets and briefcases. I [...]
Neuroception of Safety: Not Always What We Think
Creating a neuroception of safety inside the playroom is something that we, as therapists, strive to do. But what, exactly, does this mean? Does it mean knowing how to support the child? [...]
When a Child’s Nervous System is in Collapse Response / SHUT DOWN
By Heather Fairlee Denbrough, LiCSW, RPT-S, Certified Synergetic Play Therapist Collapse (also called “hypoarousal”) is a response like fight-or-flight, but we shut down instead of jump into action. It is a survival response [...]