Lead With Your Heart
“Lead with your heart” is what I heard myself whisper to my daughter Avery, who lay curled up in my arms with tears pouring down her face. A few weeks […]
New to Therapy? Helping Your Child Adapt
Growing up is not easy and, no matter the age, life is full of challenges that bring along a myriad of emotions to sort through. Children don’t face the exact […]
When You’re Feeling Stuck
The other thing I know with certainty is that the very thing I’m afraid of is precisely the direction I need to go. My brain likes to tell me otherwise […]
Exploring Neurobiological Links Between Synergetic Play Therapy & Art Psychotherapy
This post is something I am very passionate about. I’ve noticed that both art and play therapy leave people thinking what is that, how does that work? So, I thought […]
When Things Don’t Go As Planned
Let’s step outside of the playroom for a moment and talk business … I spend a lot of time thinking about what it means to lead a company and a […]
Resources and Links to Advance Your Practice
It may not come as surprise that the most requested topics people asked me to talk about last year was why regulation doesn’t mean “calm” and how to become the […]
Why We Can’t Just Start Over In The New Year
I’ve often reflected on how we tend to rush into the next year … with little thought about the year before. I hear a lot of common thinking that sounds like […]
Discovering the Gift of Challenge
Many of us are taught to believe that somehow life would be “better” if we could get rid of or minimize the challenges that we experience and just learn to […]
Tips to Prevent Burnout
When I finished graduate school, I tossed my commencement cap into the ring of the real world and packed my hopes and dreams inside filing cabinets and briefcases. I was […]
Spring Cleaning Your Playroom: Don’t Throw Away the Broken
Spring (or even Fall if you reside in a country in the Southern hemisphere 😉) comes with many things – longer days, warmer weather, blooming trees and flowers. It also […]
Gratitude Activities to Do With Your Child
Thanksgiving is just around the corner; we can practically smell the pie! And, with that, comes gratitude: this is a time of year to give thanks to everything that helps […]
Overcoming Fatigue in Teletherapy
From learning how to connect with a child through a computer screen, engaging parents in new ways, and incorporating more directive play than perhaps many are used to, many play […]
The Pose Begins When You Want to Leave It
You may already know this about me, but I love yoga! I do it almost every day. I love it because it helps me practice my life. It’s a place […]
Tragedy: Why No One-Emotion-Fits-All
Most of us think of tragedy as being synonymous with sorrow. And, indeed, this is true a large part of the time: tragedy is sad. But it doesn’t have the […]
Helping Parents and Caregivers to Feel Heard
We hold true to the idea that every child deserves a play therapy experience; the benefits aren’t limited to children inwardly or outwardly struggling. Yet caregivers don’t usually put play […]