Less Tricks, More Treats: Having a Safe Halloween
By Lisa Dion, LPC, RPT-S It’s that time of year again, the season when ghosts and goblins walk among us (if only for a night). Children, costumed and excited, take to the streets with one [...]
Skinned Knees and Grass-Stained Tees: Encouraging Outdoor Play in Your Children
by Lisa Dion, LPC, RPT-S Summer is a time that many kids embrace – the school doors fly open in a mass exodus of excitement as children race into the open arms of freedom. But [...]
Discussing Violence with Your Children
by Lisa Dion, LPC, RPT-S Talking to kids about violence is an unfortunate necessity of parenthood. School violence, in particular, is extraordinarily frightening: not every child loves school, but they still expect it to be [...]
Helping Your Child Through the Holiday Season
by Lisa Dion, LPC, RPT-S The holidays are a hectic time for everyone, especially moms and dads and their kiddos. You’re busy planning, purchasing, celebrating, and decking the halls and such. But, moms and dads [...]
What Parents Can Learn From Play
By Lisa Dion, LPC, RPT-S From Barbies to GI Joe to toys that make lots of noise, playtime may seem like, well, play. And, of course, it is. Even so, the word “play” can be [...]
Technology: Does it Help or Hinder Us As Parents?
By Lisa Dion, LPC, RPT-S The world wide web is aptly named; our reliance on technology is indeed worldwide. Most of us communicate on social media, work on computers, and carry cellphones in our back [...]
Five Fun Family Activities for Fall
By Lisa Dion, LPC, RPT-S Of all the seasons, autumn is probably the one that has the hardest time looking itself in the mirror; let’s face it, summer is a tough act to follow. But, despite not [...]
Want to Reconnect? You Must Disconnect First
by Lisa Dion, LPC, RPT-S Technology has transformed our lives, allowing us to carry the world’s information inside of our pockets. The questions, the wonder, the how to do something – the answers are at our [...]
Helping Parents Explain to their Child Why They are Going to Play Therapy
Helping Parents Explain to their Child Why They are Going to Play Therapy Talking to kids about why they are going to play therapy isn’t always easy. As play therapists, we can work with parents [...]
The Long Goodbyes: Giving Children Permission to Feel During Loss
By Lisa Dion, LPC, RPT-S Change surrounds us. The leaves fall from trees, animals go extinct, birthdays come and go, people leave and people die. Saying goodbye is part of our daily lives and yet we [...]
Five Out-of-the-Box Ways to Connect With Your Child
By Lisa Dion, LPC, RPT-S We know our children – we raise them, we love them, we struggle with them, we grow with them. But, as the years go by, things change. From tiny fingers [...]
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 who they ‘should’ [...]
Less Tricks, More Treats: Having a Safe Halloween
By Lisa Dion, LPC, RPT-S It’s that time of year again, the season when ghosts and goblins walk among us (if only for a night). Children, costumed and excited, take to the streets with one [...]
Skinned Knees and Grass-Stained Tees: Encouraging Outdoor Play in Your Children
by Lisa Dion, LPC, RPT-S Summer is a time that many kids embrace – the school doors fly open in a mass exodus of excitement as children race into the open arms of freedom. But [...]
Discussing Violence with Your Children
by Lisa Dion, LPC, RPT-S Talking to kids about violence is an unfortunate necessity of parenthood. School violence, in particular, is extraordinarily frightening: not every child loves school, but they still expect it to be [...]
Helping Your Child Through the Holiday Season
by Lisa Dion, LPC, RPT-S The holidays are a hectic time for everyone, especially moms and dads and their kiddos. You’re busy planning, purchasing, celebrating, and decking the halls and such. But, moms and dads [...]
What Parents Can Learn From Play
By Lisa Dion, LPC, RPT-S From Barbies to GI Joe to toys that make lots of noise, playtime may seem like, well, play. And, of course, it is. Even so, the word “play” can be [...]
Technology: Does it Help or Hinder Us As Parents?
By Lisa Dion, LPC, RPT-S The world wide web is aptly named; our reliance on technology is indeed worldwide. Most of us communicate on social media, work on computers, and carry cellphones in our back [...]
Five Fun Family Activities for Fall
By Lisa Dion, LPC, RPT-S Of all the seasons, autumn is probably the one that has the hardest time looking itself in the mirror; let’s face it, summer is a tough act to follow. But, despite not [...]
Want to Reconnect? You Must Disconnect First
by Lisa Dion, LPC, RPT-S Technology has transformed our lives, allowing us to carry the world’s information inside of our pockets. The questions, the wonder, the how to do something – the answers are at our [...]
Helping Parents Explain to their Child Why They are Going to Play Therapy
Helping Parents Explain to their Child Why They are Going to Play Therapy Talking to kids about why they are going to play therapy isn’t always easy. As play therapists, we can work with parents [...]
The Long Goodbyes: Giving Children Permission to Feel During Loss
By Lisa Dion, LPC, RPT-S Change surrounds us. The leaves fall from trees, animals go extinct, birthdays come and go, people leave and people die. Saying goodbye is part of our daily lives and yet we [...]
Five Out-of-the-Box Ways to Connect With Your Child
By Lisa Dion, LPC, RPT-S We know our children – we raise them, we love them, we struggle with them, we grow with them. But, as the years go by, things change. From tiny fingers [...]
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 who they ‘should’ [...]