It is easy to feel stuck in therapy with children, trying to figure out the best way to connect with and help them with their problems. It’s even easier to fall into the rut of using the same old toys and games over and over, expecting different therapeutic results. Goodyear-Brown, Shelby and Riviere understand this and know their way around the therapeutic playroom. They demonstrate 10 play-based techniques using a myriad of materials and activities including drawing, puppets, role-play, storytelling, arts-and-crafts, and mindfulness—all proven to help your young clients better cope with anxiety, sadness and trauma.
Using a “prescriptive-eclectic” approach which matches evidence-based CBT-oriented techniques with the child’s symptoms, they fully describe and playfully demonstrate enjoyable, easy-to-learn and effective tools for your therapeutic toolbox. You will learn to creatively engage with your young clients in a flexible and non-threatening way; keeping them interested, engaged and moving towards solutions to their problems. In turn, they will enjoy their time with you and see that problems can be shared, measured and solved.
