Persnickety Polly: A Book and Game for Perfectionism
Persnickety Polly is a short book and a game about perfectionism. Polly likes to have everything planned and perfect. However, one day...
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Tasha Milligan
Feb 152 min
Campfire Stories: A Story Telling Game
Campfire Stories is a light-hearted story telling game. It is intended to help children work on communication skills, think through...
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Tasha Milligan
Jan 162 min
Riding Life's Emotional Waves: A CBT Game for Teens
Riding Life’s Emotional Waves is a CBT game for teens who struggle with big emotions, including anger, anxiety, and depression. It helps...
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Tasha Milligan
Nov 15, 20232 min
Thought Crashers - A Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Game
Thought Crashers is one of my original CBT games, full of basic CBT skills to help kids challenge thoughts, replace them with good thoughts.
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Tasha Milligan
Oct 27, 20234 min
Tony's Silence: A Book and Game about Selective Mutism
Tony's Silence is a short book and game to help children cope with selective mutism. It is both educational and a counseling tool.
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Tasha Milligan
Sep 23, 20232 min
Submerged: A Game About Buried Emotions
Submerged is a counseling game to help children identify emotions that are buried under the surface.
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Tasha Milligan
Sep 15, 20232 min
I Can't Unsee It: A Book and Game to Process Trauma
I Can't Unsee It is a short story and a game to help children process trauma in a non-confrontational play format.
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Tasha Milligan
Aug 10, 20238 min
Why Do I Have Anxiety?
This article explores the different reasons for anxiety and ways to manage the problem.
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Tasha Milligan
Aug 5, 20233 min
Creative Ways to Use Monsters in Play Therapy
Fear of monsters is a hallmark of childhood. It is common for kids to have intrusive thoughts and worries. Sometimes kids who have had...
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Tasha Milligan
Jul 28, 20231 min
Grumpy Bear: A Mood Boosting Game
Grumpy Bear is a game to help children overcome a negative mindset and grumpy mood to gain control over their emotions and behaviors....
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Tasha Milligan
Jul 15, 20233 min
Battle in My Brain: A Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Game
The Battle in My Brain incorporates CBT skills to help children with intrusive thoughts, temptations, guilt, and issues with anger,...
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Tasha Milligan
Jul 14, 20233 min
Let's Build Something: A Lego-Themed Game
Do you know kids who love Lego? This game might be a great fit! This is a counseling game full of Lego goodness such as discussing...
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Tasha Milligan
Jun 14, 20232 min
Emma's Emotional Discovery - A Book and Game to Understand Emotions
Emma's Emotional Discovery is a short story and a game to help children better understand their emotions. It helps children understand...
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Tasha Milligan
Mar 18, 20233 min
Play Therapy Ideas for Somatic Symptoms
Somatic symptoms can be difficult to treat because kids often lack awareness of how their symptoms are related to their emotions. Play is...
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Tasha Milligan
Mar 10, 20233 min
Counseling Interventions to Teach Coping Skills / Emotional Regulation
Introducing coping skills to manage emotions is a good starting point in counseling. It allows time to develop healthy rapport and...
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Tasha Milligan
Feb 7, 20233 min
DIY Fidget Toy Round-Up
Fidget toys can be helpful for kids with big emotions, but can be expensive, especially if you are trying to equip a full caseload of...
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Tasha Milligan
Jan 13, 20232 min
Coping Skill Flashcards
Coping skill flashcards are helpful to help kids remember what to do in the heat of the moment when they need help calming down. When...
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Tasha Milligan
Dec 27, 20225 min
Felt Boards in Play Therapy
I remember flannel boards from Sunday school as a child. It was fun to watch the characters and the setting on the board as the Bible...
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Tasha Milligan
Dec 10, 20222 min
Free Angry Birds Card Game!
Angry Birds Truth Bomb is a free PDF download game to help kids challenge negative self-talk by using cognitive behavioral therapy...
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Tasha Milligan
Nov 22, 20224 min
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...
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