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Nov 22, 20224 min read

Counseling Interventions to Teach About the Brain

There are some amazing resources available to help children understand the brain and how it works. This is a round-up of some of the best...

Nov 17, 20225 min read

Creative Ways to Use Puppets in Play Therapy

Puppets are useful in many ways in therapy, from expressing creativity, to storytelling, and externalizing emotions, they provide a safe...

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Oct 15, 20222 min read

Using the Mouse Trap Game in Therapy

Mouse Trap is a super fun, interactive game that offers many benefits for counseling. Kids will need to use communication skills, impulse...

Feb 18, 20212 min read

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 101

Most of the counseling games available on this site incorporate CBT. I created some tutorial videos to explain some of the concepts and...

Jun 3, 20181 min read

The Trail of Fears

The Trail of Fears is a CBT counseling game that I created to help children who struggle with anxiety, phobias, and fears in general. ...

Jun 3, 20181 min read

I Spy Bottles to go in Coping Skill Boxes

Making I spy bottles is fun, fun, fun! The kids have loved dying the rice, choosing their trinkets to go inside, and to stare at their...

Jun 3, 20183 min read

Play Dough as a Coping Skill to Process Emotions

Children process emotions in many ways, but usually best through play. It takes time to develop an emotional vocabulary and to mature to...

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Jun 3, 20182 min read

Coping Skill Toolbox

Last fall I helped the kids I work with make coping skill boxes. They were able to decorate them and either take them home or to their...