A Play Therapist Reviews 4 Fidgets

Fidgets are all the rage and I’ve caught the bug. So I did what any professional play therapist does and I bought all the toys and played with them. For research, of course! Procedure Ok, if I’m a social scientist [and therapists are], I have to tell you the procedure...

Eating and Identity

"You are what you eat." I don't know about you, but I've never considered myself to be a plate of chilaquiles and two scoops of ice cream. This old adage that the food you eat becomes you may seem far-fetched when stated so blatantly, but isn't this what today's...

Collaborative Divorce: Limiting the Costs of Divorce

As a play therapist since 2001 and a private practitioner since 2003, watching divorce from the sidelines has been a large part of my job-both litigious and collaborative divorce. Working with the kids and parents to assist in the transition, I get a close up view of...

When Healthy Eating Becomes an Obsession

How long has it been since you last saw an advertisement for food or a diet that promised you everything you ever wanted by eliminating an ingredient, a food group, or following a set of rules? I'd say you're lucky if you can make it more than a day without these...

Compulsive Behavior: Making Sense

There are times when we do things that just don't make sense to us. Something happens, and we just find ourselves feeling, thinking, or behaving in ways that we don't want to. But somehow both the actions and the thoughts and feelings that follow seem...

Self-Care VS The Glorification of Busy

Lately it seems like busyness, stress, and lack of self-care have become status symbols. Particularly in America, if you aren't busy all the time, if you get 8 hours of sleep, if you aren't stressed out, it can feel like you aren't working hard enough based on...

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