Wonders Counseling Blog
Therapy Activities for Kids
Therapy Activities for Kids. Those four words were what I plugged into the search box when I was looking for free and low cost resources for my weekly resource newsletter for therapists that goes out to therapists all over the world. If you have been following me for...
The Midlife Self-Discovery Workbook
I am thrilled to announce the publication of my new work called The Midlife Self-Discovery Workbook! I am most well known for my work with children and families providing play therapy and my contributions to the field of play therapy as a trainer, supervisor,...
The Creative Process of Books and Products
I had the honor of getting to know Tammi Van Hollander in 2018 and 2019 and I have followed her work in the world of Child Therapy and Play Therapy very closely. I was thrilled to get to speak with her recently about her experience with the creative process of books...
Books for Play Therapy Techniques and Interventions
In this article, I am providing a short list of some of my favorite books for play therapy techniques and interventions you can use with child clients. This is not at all a comprehensive list! But you will find a lot of great information in these I am listing. I hope...
Recommended Books About Treating Anxiety Disorders
This is a very short list of some of my recommended books about treating anxiety disorders. OCD, Trichotillomania, Selective Mutism and Separation Anxiety Disorder are some of the tough anxiety disorders I have treated over the past 20 years. In my consultations with...
Recommended Books About Treating Trauma
While hardly a comprehensive list, I have compiled a list of my own top 5 books that recommend every therapist acquire and READ cover to cover. You'll find these to be tremendous resources. You will want to add these to your collection of books about treating trauma...
Encouraging Creative Expression & Imagination for Children & Families
Albert Einstein, one of the greatest minds in history, knew that we all do well to go beyond the limitations of what we have learned and know for certain in order to continue expanding and exploring the limitless possibilities of life itself. Encouraging creative...
Resources for Child Centered and Directive Play Therapy in the Play Room
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...
Therapy For Heavy Alcohol Drinkers and Substance Addicts
Guest author and expert Jack Petti is the Chief Executive Officer at Renaissance Recovery Center, one of the best rehabs in...
8 Resources for Directive Play Therapy Activities
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 streams...
Building a Business in Play Therapy
If you want to learn the keys to building a business in play therapy, you might want to learn from people who have had success in doing that very thing. I believe in creating multiple streams of revenue.One of my streams of revenue is partnering with other businesses...
51 Simple Self Care Practices
Simple self care practices that become regular daily habits have proven to be essential to helping the helping professionals be nourished and whole. When I started a facebook group to focus on self care for psychotherapists 6 years ago called Therapists' Self Care...
Learning from Liana Lowenstein
My own first experience learning from Liana Lowenstein, MSW, RSW, CPT-S was about 15 years ago or so when she traveled from her home in Canada to my home state of Georgia to provide play therapy training through a local child advocacy center. It was the very early...
Treatment Trichotillomania using Play Therapy Techniques
It is important that therapists who work with children & adolescents with Trichotillomania – a type of Body-Focused Repetitive Behavior (BRFB) otherwise known as “hair pulling disorder” – understand the potential causes as well as treatment for Trichotillomania....
Ethics in Play Therapy: It’s a 3 Ring Circus!
Ethics in play therapy can be complicated. The phrase "ethical dilemma" is bound to feel overwhelming for any play therapist. Watching for all the ethical considerations in the process of providing play therapy services for children and families can feel like...
Ways to Build Healthy Family Relationships
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...
Relaxing Images
There are no ads to slow down your scrolling on this blog. Receive instant feelings of peace and relief from stress by scrolling down and taking in these relaxing images and some quotes and words of wisdom in between. Self care tool here for in between the busy-ness...
Coping as a Therapist During the COVID19 Pandemic
This article is authored by one of my revered colleagues, Lauren Gaspar, LCSW-S, RPT-S who is a child and family therapist in her private practice in Austin, Texas She has significant experience addressing trauma with children ages 3 and up and taught Play Therapy...