The Therapeutic Relationship: Why It’s the Key to Successful Play Therapy
Discover how a strong therapeutic relationship, unconditional positive regard, and safety support healing in play therapy for children and families.
How to Foster Resilience in Children: Practical Tips for Parents
Learn how to build resilience in children with expert tips from a play therapist. Support emotional growth, self-compassion, and healthy coping skills at home.
Understanding Sensory Sensitivities: Tips to Help Your Child Regulate
Learn to identify common sensory sensitivities in children and discover how play therapy can help with regulation strategies and emotional support.
How to Feel Your Feelings: A Therapist’s Guide to Emotional Awareness
Learn what it really means to “feel your feelings,” why it’s hard, and how to build emotional regulation skills through body awareness and play therapy.
Recognizing Childhood Anxiety: Symptoms, Behaviors, and How Play Therapy Can Help
Learn how to recognize anxiety in children, what symptoms to watch for, and how play therapy supports emotional regulation and long-term resilience.
Signs Your High-Achieving Child May Be Struggling: How Play Therapy Supports Internalizing Behaviors
Learn how internalizing behaviors like perfectionism, masking, and anxiety can affect high-achieving kids—and how play therapy helps them process emotions and reconnect with themselves.
Understanding the 4 Core Threats to a Child’s Nervous System: Insights from Synergetic Play Therapy
Learn the four types of threats that can trigger anxiety or dysregulation in children, based on Synergetic Play Therapy—and how play therapy can help your child feel safe and supported.
How I Support Children Through Anxiety, Depression, Trauma, and More in Play Therapy
Discover how play therapy supports children experiencing anxiety, depression, trauma, suicidality, and more. Learn how sessions are individualized for growth, regulation, and healing
What’s Going On in a Kid’s Brain & Nervous System During a Meltdown?
Learn what happens in a child’s brain and body during a meltdown, and how to respond with regulation, empathy, and connection. Includes 6 actionable tips for parents.
What Does Progress in Play Therapy Actually Look Like?
Explore the 3 phases of the play therapy process—exploration, choice, and empowerment—and learn what real progress looks like at every stage of your child’s healing journey.