Pathways to Peace 

Weather-related natural diasters can lead to deep anxiety and worries for children. This post is full of creative weather-related play therapy interventions and activities to help children process worries and trauma.

This is a book and game to help children heal from wounds by acknowledging the pain, forgiving, and releasing the situation.

Dino Meal is an exciting, engaging game to help children face fears and overcome stuck points.

The Breakup is a book and game to help tweens and teens process the loss of a relationship and to help establish healthy boundaries within r

I am seeing a growing trend in the mental health community to nurture a victim mindset in kids, and it is not good. Not good at all. I...

Fly High is a CBT game to help children grow in resilience to overcome life's adversities.

Nosey Rosie is a book and game for social skills for children. It teaches healthy boundaries to avoid being bossy and intrusive.

Persnickety Polly is a short book and a game about perfectionism. Polly likes to have everything planned and perfect. However, one day...

Riding Life’s Emotional Waves is a CBT game for teens who struggle with big emotions, including anger, anxiety, and depression. It helps...

Cognitive Distortions is a cognitive behavioral counseling game to help kids overcome unhealthy patterns of thinking. Cognitive...

Thought Crashers is one of my original CBT games, full of basic CBT skills to help kids challenge thoughts, replace them with good thoughts.

This is a list of affordable and free cognitive behavioral (CBT) counseling games to use in play therapy.

Tony's Silence is a short book and game to help children cope with selective mutism. It is both educational and a counseling tool.

Submerged is a counseling game to help children identify emotions that are buried under the surface.

I Can't Unsee It is a short story and a game to help children process trauma in a non-confrontational play format.

Putting a Stop to Stealing is a CBT game to help children stop stealing.

This article explores the different reasons for anxiety and ways to manage the problem.

Grumpy Bear is a game to help children overcome a negative mindset and grumpy mood to gain control over their emotions and behaviors....

Level Up is a video game themed game to help kids learn how to overcome life's challenges and to win at life. The metaphor helps kids...

The Battle in My Brain incorporates CBT skills to help children with intrusive thoughts, temptations, guilt, and issues with anger ,...