Play Therapy for Grown Ups
Play Therapy for Grown-Ups By Rhonda Breitbach, Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying) Many of the women I meet are carrying so much: responsibilities, expectations, the quiet pressure to hold it all together and somehow enjoy it too. Over time, that kind of living can flatten something essential. Before we can move toward something new, we first have […]
Play is their language: Expressive Arts Therapy for Children
Play is their language: Why Expressive Arts Therapy Works for Children By Rhonda Breitbach, Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying), Expressive Arts Therapist, BA, Bed, MA, Dip. CREATE Children make sense of their world through play, movement, and hands-on exploration long before they can express complex feelings in words. That’s why expressive arts psychotherapy can be such a […]
The Importance of Cultivating the Use of Self
The Importance of Cultivating the Use of Self Author: Tara McGee, MSW, RSW, DipTIRPPsychotherapist, OCSWSSW In the profession of psychotherapy, the majority of psychotherapists are not required by their training programs or registering colleges to do their own personal healing work. There are so many regulated professionals who can say they are “psychotherapists” without any […]
What does it mean to “Hold the Container”?
To understand this strategy, we need to reflect on what the metaphor is implying. A container is composed of walls and the space inside. The space inside is contained by the walls of the container so that something can be held within. In this metaphor, the walls are composed of our values, guidelines, rules, ethics, […]