by Lynn Wonders | Parenting
Healthy family relationships that are consistent and predictable in the early years help children develop a strong sense of belief in self, ability to learn and grow as well as motivation and confidence to explore and express along the way. Family connections and...
by Lynn Wonders | Parenting, play therapy, Professionals
It’s important for therapists to know how to introduce playful ways to help parents and children connect. Play is the way children explore, experience and express whatever it is they need for growth, development and healing. The first part of our work as child...
by Lynn Wonders | Parenting, play therapy
When working with children and families as a counselor, sometimes it’s helpful to have some fun and creative play based activities for families to explore and experience together for the purpose of connecting and better understanding one another....
by Lynn Wonders | Parenting
The social life of an adolescent girl has always been challenging but with the dynamics and pitfalls of social media and texting apps which allow for such quick, spontaneous reactions and emotion-based expressions all this can result in escalated difficulties. It can...
by Lynn Wonders | Helping Teens, Parenting, play therapy, Professionals
One of my favorite things is to come up with creative, fun resources for therapists to use with children and families in sessions that don’t break the bank. Today we are going to go through a list of 10 ways to use balloons with children and families because...
by Lynn Wonders | Parenting, play therapy, Professionals
The practice of being present with full attention is one we all will benefit from. When we are working with children it can be helpful to have some play-based ways of introducing and reinforcing mindfulness skills. I offer a 2 hour recorded training for therapists...
