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Understanding Anger in Children: Causes and Strategies for Parents
Anger in children is common, but also complex. Learn how to conquer the outbursts with tried and true methods from a play therapist.
Tasha Milligan
May 16 min read
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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...
Tasha Milligan
Jan 16, 20242 min read
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Cognitive Distortions - A Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Game
Cognitive Distortions is a cognitive behavioral counseling game to help kids overcome unhealthy patterns of thinking. Cognitive...
Tasha Milligan
Jan 15, 20242 min read
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Submerged: A Game About Buried Emotions
Submerged is a counseling game to help children identify emotions that are buried under the surface.
Tasha Milligan
Sep 23, 20232 min read
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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 ,...
Tasha Milligan
Jul 15, 20233 min read
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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...
Tasha Milligan
Jun 14, 20232 min read
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Hot Headed: A Game to Calm Anger
One of the most common presenting problems I see is anger outbursts in children. Most adults can agree that it's hard to keep your cool...
Tasha Milligan
Dec 15, 20223 min read
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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...
Tasha Milligan
Dec 10, 20222 min read
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Play Interventions for Anger
This is a round-up of interventions I found online for anger. This post includes craft activities, scripts, toys, games, and videos to...
Tasha Milligan
Dec 1, 20224 min read
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Dino Stories - A Story Telling Game
Your little dinosaur-loving kiddos will love this interactive, playful game. They will get to act like a dinosaur, give their best roar,...
Tasha Milligan
Oct 2, 20222 min read
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Breathing Activities for Calming Emotions
Slow deep breathing is an essential coping skill, as it turns off the fight or flight response. It can be done anywhere and in any...
Tasha Milligan
Aug 12, 20223 min read
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New Telehealth Option: Andy's Anger Explosions
Andy's Anger Explosions is now available for telehealth. It comes via Google Slides with the book at the beginning, then the game to...
Tasha Milligan
Jul 25, 20222 min read
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Anger Games: Counseling Interventions for Anger
I get calls all the time from distressed parents with children who have anger outbursts. I have put together a large collection of anger...
Tasha Milligan
Jun 3, 20225 min read
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Andy's Anger Explosions: A Book and Game Combo
Andy’s Anger Eruptions is a story and game about a boy with explosive anger. He flies off the handle quickly, and then feels out of...
Tasha Milligan
Feb 26, 20222 min read
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Franklin Forgives: A Book and Game About Forgiveness
Franklin Forgives is a book/game combo about a boy who has been holding on to anger but learns to forgive. The game teaches helpful skills.
Tasha Milligan
Jan 21, 20222 min read
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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...
Tasha Milligan
Jan 1, 20212 min read
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Under the Surface: Anger as a Secondary Emotion - Free Download
Many people will have regular anger explosions but do not recognize the underlying issues driving their emotions. This is often due to...
Tasha Milligan
Apr 9, 20191 min read
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The Incredible Hulk-O-Meter
I once met a little boy who was very insightful. Â We were talking about his anger and what he feels happening in his body while he gets...
Tasha Milligan
Oct 8, 20181 min read
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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...
Tasha Milligan
Jun 3, 20181 min read
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