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 […]
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 […]
‘What Did I Do?”: When Touch Arises in the Playroom
By Sonya Joyce “What Did I Do?” is an incredible dissertation that explores the inner experiences of child and adolescent psychotherapists when touch arises in the playroom. Sonya submitted this […]
Let’s Not Forget the Perfect Child
Have you ever noticed that the children who tend to make their way to your office are the ones that are acting out, aggressive, non-compliant, and anxious? And then sprinkled […]
Being You? It’s Easier Said Than Done!
In a world where we can be anything, the best thing to be is ourselves. It seems simple; after all, being us is suppose to come naturally. But this isn’t […]
Where Was Your First Playroom?
Where was your first playroom? ….Was it on a checkered sofa where you slew vicious dragons? Was it in the front yard where you deemed yourself captain of the oak […]
Marketing Yourself as a Play Therapist
Therapy will always be about what happens inside the relationship between the client and the clinician; that’s the heart of the matter. But, therapy is also a business, making what […]
How a Therapist’s Own Experience of Shame & Confusion Helped a Boy Recover
By Daniel Howell, Senior Child & Family Counsellor at the Australian Childhood Foundation and Certified Synergetic Play Therapist Synergetic Play Therapy™ (2008) is a researched-informed model of play therapy blending […]
Sleep Issues in Kids: Why Some Children Ban the Bed
Getting children to go to sleep is often the Everest of parenthood. Kids resist, kids persist, and kids insist on another drink of water (even though they may fail to […]
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 […]
Growth Requires Friction
In this article published in the Science of Psychotherapy magazine, Lisa talks about how growth requires friction. It requires tension points and challenge. It requires moving out of our comfort […]
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 […]
Body Language: Why it Speaks Volumes
The body tells the truth. It is the great revealer – an integral part of the puzzle, a prominent pixel in the big picture. Too often we focus on words, […]
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 […]
