by Bethany Root
For as long as I can remember, I’ve wanted to learn how to use a pottery wheel. Maybe it’s the idea of making something beautiful with my hands. Maybe it’s because it looks super cool and creative and calming. Maybe it’s because I was an ’80s baby who grew up in a...
by Bethany Root
As a Certified Synergetic Play Therapist, I facilitate a type of therapy that helps kids “re-wire” their neural pathways, so they feel more confident in managing emotions, challenges, and, well, all of this [frantically gesturing at the messy world around us]. A big...
by Bethany Root
We can only learn how to manage and soothe an emotion that we allow ourselves to feel. And kids can only learn how to regulate emotions we allow them to feel. And yet, this acceptance and allowance of big feelings—in ourselves and others—can be so, so hard. Sometimes...
by Bethany Root
For all the kids who have bravely and brilliantly helped me understand what it’s like to be them You awaken with a start as an alarm clangs next to your head. Someone turns on the light in your room and it glares against your eyelids. You burrow under the covers,...
by Bethany Root
Parents often feel curiosity and confusion about the play therapy process. If you’ve been to therapy as an adult, you may assume your child’s session will be similar – and that talking with kids is the best or only way to help them heal, grow, and change. After all,...
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