Medieval Minds: Understanding the Fight, Flight, or Freeze Response
Medieval Minds is a game to help children learn about the fight, flight, or freeze response and to help them implement coping skills to...
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Tasha Milligan
- Jan 1, 2021
- 1 min
Train Your Brain - A CBT Counseling Game
Train Your Brain is the ultimate cognitive behavioral skill game. It helps children learn the basics of CBT, including recognizing...
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Tasha Milligan
- Dec 22, 2020
- 1 min
Soothe Your Soul Coping Skill Game
Coping skills are such a vital part of effective therapy. It seems like I'm always drilling the skills, trying to help children...
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Tasha Milligan
- Dec 19, 2020
- 1 min
How to Use Google Slides to Play Games
I created this little tutorial to help with the Telehealth games we have available. If you are not familiar with Google Slides, there is...
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Tasha Milligan
- Jul 15, 2020
- 2 min
The Wishing Well: A Solutions-Focused Game
One of the basic concepts behind Solutions Focused Counseling is the Miracle Question. If you were to wake up tomorrow morning and a...
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Tasha Milligan
- Jul 15, 2020
- 1 min
New Coping Skills Game
I don't know about you, but I am always in need of resources to help drill coping skills. There are so many different aspects of coping...
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Tasha Milligan
- Sep 23, 2019
- 2 min
Thankful Heart Counseling Game
Fall is finally here! Soon the leaves will be changing, and we will be transitioning into the holiday season. It is the perfect time to...
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Tasha Milligan
- Jan 21, 2019
- 3 min
Using Play Dough to Process Emotions - Free PDF Download
I have had several parents ask about ways to help their children calm down and process emotions at home. Play dough is one of my go-to...
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Tasha Milligan
- Nov 26, 2018
- 2 min
Introducing "The Memory Box" Game
I am excited to introduce our newest game: The Memory Box, a game to help children process grief. I have noticed that every time I...
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Tasha Milligan
- Oct 8, 2018
- 2 min
Wanted: Positive Self-Talk
I'd like to introduce our newest counseling game, Wanted: Positive Self-Talk. This is the perfect game if you have clients who are stuck...
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Tasha Milligan
- Sep 23, 2018
- 3 min
Nightmare Ninja - a CBT Game to Rescript Nightmares
I have parents call me frequently with complaints of their children having nightmares, as it is a very common problem. Nightmares can be...
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Tasha Milligan
- Jul 27, 2018
- 3 min
Counseling Interventions for Children with Anxiety
Anxiety is a common problem among children. Each case can be unique with different presenting issues. Some children present with a...
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Tasha Milligan
- Jul 25, 2018
- 2 min
The Trail of Fears Game
The Trail of Fears has been available for several years now, but it has been redesigned with more questions added. This is a cognitive...
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Tasha Milligan
- Jul 22, 2018
- 1 min
Journey to My New Family
When I first began counseling, I was astonished at the number of foster children that I was seeing in my daily practice. At least half of...
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Tasha Milligan
- Jul 22, 2018
- 3 min
The Horrible Thing that Happened Game
I have been using TF-CBT to address trauma in children for years. My experience has been that some children do very well with it and are...
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Tasha Milligan
- Jun 3, 2018
- 1 min
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. ...
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Tasha Milligan
- Jun 3, 2018
- 1 min
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...
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Tasha Milligan
- Jun 3, 2018
- 3 min
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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Tasha Milligan
- Jun 3, 2018
- 2 min
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...
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Tasha Milligan
- Jun 3, 2018
- 2 min
How to Pop Negative Thoughts
It's October and the weather has been beautiful! One nice days I find myself looking for reasons to take kids outside to enjoy the day...
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