by Lynn Wonders | play therapy, Professionals
I recently led a live webinar now available as a recorded training called Bridging and Blending Non-Directive & Directive Play Therapy and as I explained at the beginning of that training I am passionate about operating from a prescriptive approach in order to...
by Lynn Wonders | play therapy, Professionals
Are you looking for inspiration, ideas and resources for directive play therapy activities? This article will bring you just that! Let’s look at 8 resources you can use to expand your tool kit for ways to playfully help your child clients. Pssst! One of my own...
by Lynn Wonders | play therapy, Professionals
Over the last 10 years that I have provided clinical supervision for therapists working with child clients I have felt concerned to observe that many therapists graduating from masters level mental health training programs have not received enough (if any!) training...
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 | 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...
