Thought Crashers - A Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Game
Thought Crashers is one of my original CBT games. It has the basic CBT skills to help kids challenge thoughts, replace them with good...
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Tasha Milligan
- Jun 22
- 5 min
Why Play Games in Therapy?
Games are powerful tools when working with children. There are so many ways that children can learn and grow through play, including...
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Tasha Milligan
- Mar 10
- 3 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 27
- 2 min
Round-Up of Zones of Regulation Activities and Materials
Over the past few years, many resources for the Zones of Regulation have popped up. The zones help kids become aware of the levels of...
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Tasha Milligan
- Feb 4
- 5 min
Coping Skill Toolbox Ideas
Coping skill toolboxes are handy to have available for when kids have big emotions and need help calming down. Each item is specifically...
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Tasha Milligan
- Dec 1, 2022
- 3 min
Play Interventions for Anger
This is a round-up of interventions I found online for anger. You will find craft activities, scripts, toys, games, and videos to help...
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Tasha Milligan
- Aug 16, 2022
- 3 min
Creative Intervention Round-Up: Cheap and Easy
I have found some fantastic, creative ideas lately and wanted to share them. These are cheap and easy and could be done with little cost....
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Tasha Milligan
- Jun 28, 2022
- 4 min
Counseling Games for Coping Skills
During the first phase of counseling, I always try to focus on helping children develop coping mechanisms. This provides them with tools...
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Tasha Milligan
- Jun 3, 2022
- 5 min
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...
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Tasha Milligan
- Feb 26, 2022
- 2 min
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, then feels out of control...
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Tasha Milligan
- Feb 19, 2022
- 1 min
Movie Reels of the Mind: A Book and Game about Visualization
Movie Reels of the Mind is a book and game that helps children use visualization to overcome fears and anxiety, to feel grounded and...
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Tasha Milligan
- Jan 21, 2019
- 3 min
Using Playdough 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. Playdough is one of my go-to...
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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
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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