The Many Benefits of Negative Emotions…And Why You Should Feel Them More Often
Emotions can be very challenging, especially when we perceive that we are ill-equipped or incapable of dealing with them. This dynamic is...
Is your life distracting you from yourself?
There are so many really fabulous distractions in our world and it feels like there are more to discover with every passing day. In a...
How Play Therapy Can Address Anxiety
Even in childhood, there are so many things in life that provoke fear and anxiety. From small stressors like being alone in the dark or...
How Play Therapy Can Help with Hyperactivity and ADHD
Hyperactivity and ADHD can result in behavioral symptoms and distress. Often, it is not just something the child has to live with, but...
Why Play is Essential
There is a lot of buzz around “play” right now, or rather the scarcity of play in today’s world. Parents, educators, and experts in...
Learning How to Trust Your Intuition
If you are anything like me, you typically depend on logic, reasoning, and thinking to make decisions. It seems I have created invisible...
The Most Damaging Word We Use All the Time
Everywhere I go, I hear the same phrase over and over again: “I’m sorry.” Or, the shorter version, “sorry.” I myself used to be guilty of...
Are there benefits to bullying?
Disclaimer: Bullying has become a hot topic in our nation due to the extreme behaviors and repercussions that have occurred in recent...
Understanding Agression
There are many definitions of aggression, so I want to make sure we are on the same page. Specific to this article, aggression refers to...
Parent-teacher conferences, progress reports, evaluations…OH MY!
The center has been abuzz with talk of parent-teacher conferences, and the emotions that come up around them. This can be a stressful...
