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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...
Tasha Milligan
May 25, 20225 min read
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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...
Tasha Milligan
Mar 15, 20223 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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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...
Tasha Milligan
Feb 21, 20222 min read
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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...
Tasha Milligan
Feb 18, 20221 min read
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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...
Tasha Milligan
Feb 15, 20222 min read
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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...
Tasha Milligan
Feb 7, 20222 min read
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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...
Tasha Milligan
Feb 6, 20222 min read
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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...
Tasha Milligan
Jan 24, 20221 min read
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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...
Tasha Milligan
Jan 10, 20224 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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Remembering Sparky: Processing the Loss of a Pet
Remembering Sparky is a counseling game to help children process the loss or death of a pet. I have heard some tragic stories of children...
Tasha Milligan
Dec 24, 20201 min read
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The Wishing Well: A Solutions-Focused Counseling Game
The Wishing Well is a solutions-focused and CBT counseling g ame for children and teens. One of the basic concepts behind...
Tasha Milligan
Jul 15, 20202 min read
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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...
Tasha Milligan
May 13, 20202 min read
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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...
Tasha Milligan
Nov 26, 20182 min read
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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...
Tasha Milligan
Oct 8, 20182 min read
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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...
Tasha Milligan
Jul 26, 20184 min read
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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...
Tasha Milligan
Jun 3, 20182 min read
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Free Feelings Candy Land!
Feelings Candy Land is one of my top, go-to games to help kids with any presenting problem. It is so versatile, engaging, and provides...
Tasha Milligan
May 31, 20185 min read
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