by Lynn Wonders | play therapy, Professionals
The power of stories in the process of healing dates back to ancient Egypt and carries forward as the practice of bibliotherapy. Bibliotherapy is the use of books to help children deal with the issues and challenges they are experiencing. It consists of selecting...
by Lynn Wonders | play therapy, Professionals
In January 2018 I had the honor of hosting Rose LaPiere, LPC, ACS, RPT-S for a webinar in which she helped we fellow play therapists learn about supporting children who refuse to go to school. Fortunately that webinar was recorded and has an accompanying supplemental...
by Lynn Wonders | career, play therapy, Professionals
I remember when I first met Liz Gray, LCSW, RPT about two years ago. She volunteered out of the blue to help me with a major organizational systems project I had announced I would be doing for my play therapy community on Facebook. Liz told me she loves doing those...
by Lynn Wonders | Helping Teens, play therapy, Professionals
Guest Blog Post written by Kerri Anderson Working with tweens in therapy can be both a challenge and a joy! Tweens are truly living in between two worlds. Some days their behavior seems that of a teenager and other days they seem like a younger child. They bounce...
by Lynn Wonders | play therapy, Professionals
If you are a licensed mental health professional who wants to open a private practice specializing in providing play therapy services, the process of launching and building your business I want to point out some special considerations. Your process is going to have...
by Lynn Wonders | Parenting, play therapy, Professionals
Helping kids feel calm is a powerful skill and tool for the adults in a child’s life to have. The practice of mindfulness has been scientifically proven to change the brains of adults in positive ways. The Center for Mindfulness at University of Massachusetts...
