Counseling Games You Can Play for FREE!
Play therapy can be fun, engaging, and effective, but it can also be expensive! The art supplies, crafts, toys, and games add up. It is...
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Tasha Milligan
- Mar 15, 2022
- 3 min
How is Cognitive Behavioral Counseling Therapy Used with Children?
Cognitive behavioral therapy is one of the most widely studied and proven therapies for mental health. It is a powerful treatment method...
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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 21, 2022
- 2 min
Uniquely Brilliant: A Story and Game about Multiple Intelligences
Uniquely Brilliant is a book/game to help children identify their own unique blend of intelligence. Most intelligence tests focus...
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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
- Feb 16, 2022
- 2 min
New and Improved My Life Cards For the Game of Life
My counseling kiddos have pointed out that the jobs and houses provided by the Game of Life are rather lacking. Some of them enjoy the...
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Tasha Milligan
- Feb 7, 2022
- 2 min
Treasures of the Heart - A Story and Game About Intrinsic Value
Treasures of the Heart is a story and game combo. The story addresses finding intrinsic value by finding personality types, character...
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Tasha Milligan
- Feb 6, 2022
- 2 min
Darius' Foster Care Adventure - A Book/Game Combo
Darius' Foster Care Adventure is a Book and Game for children in foster care, guardianship, or who have been adopted. The story discusses...
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Tasha Milligan
- Jan 24, 2022
- 1 min
Sloan the Thought Slayer: A Story and Game About Overcoming Fears with CBT Skills
Sloan the Thought Slayer is a story and game about overcoming fears with cognitive-behavioral interventions. The story is about a boy...
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Tasha Milligan
- Jan 10, 2022
- 4 min
Goal Setting Games
A new year provides an opportunity to set goals and work towards self-improvement. It’s amazing how the turn of the calendar gives you a...
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Tasha Milligan
- Jan 1, 2021
- 2 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 24, 2020
- 1 min
Remembering Sparky: Processing the Loss of a Pet
I have heard some tragic stories of children losing their pets. Between natural disasters, natural death, or an attack from another...
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Tasha Milligan
- Jul 15, 2020
- 2 min
The Wishing Well: A Solutions-Focused Counseling 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
- May 13, 2020
- 2 min
Spin the Wheel! A Telehealth Idea
Is it just me, or is play therapy via Telehealth tough!? My kiddos are used to playing games and were expectant of creativity during our...
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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
- Jul 27, 2018
- 4 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
- Jun 3, 2018
- 2 min
Privacy Please
A conversation with one of my clients prompted to me to write an article about whether or not you have to open up and share what is going...
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Tasha Milligan
- May 31, 2018
- 1 min
Free Feelings Candy Land!
I love to play Feelings Candy Land with my clients! Â We all have a good time and it provides a great platform for processing feelings,...
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