I'm a New Graduate!

Not one to brag but I want to share with my followers my most recent accomplishment.

The inscription on the award states: 

"The Association for Play Therapy hereby congratulates and expresses its sincere appreciation to Pamela Dyson, LPC, RPT for completing a program intended to elevate play therapy and association leadership and thereby more effectively advance the field of play therapy and add value to stakeholders." 

I was presented this award at the 2012 Association for Play Therapy Conference held in Cleveland, OH last week. I'm proud to be among a group of therapists dedicated to advocating and promoting play therapy. If you're a member of APT I strongly encourage you to consider enrolling in the leadership academy. You learn about the business side of the organization and it helps you recognize and build your leadership skills.

Warm Fuzzies

Finger Puppets Made From Latex Gloves

Memory Box

When children and families are grieving a loss it can be challenging for them to feel a sense of connection to the person that is no longer a part of their world. Creating a memory box that contains items connected to that person can help the child and family focus on positive memories and make the grieving process a bit more manageable.

Crystal Ball

Make a crystal ball to look into your future. What do you see?

Expressions Stampers Games

When I find a wonderful product I like to tell other people about it. One of my current favorites? Expressions Handle Stampers from Melissa and Doug. The number of feelings games you can create with these stampers is endless. Here are a few I'm come up with. How do you use these expressions stampers?

We're the Website of the Month!

I was so excited when I received an email from Marissa Rex, author of the website Elementary School Counseling requesting an interview in order to feature this blog as the Website of the Month.

Promoting play therapy is something I am so very passionate about and I knew this was an opportunity I didn't want to pass up. We spoke at length over the phone and the archived audio file of the interview can be accessed HERE.

While you're on Melissa's site take some time to peruse the content. She's doing an amazing job putting together a site that offers school counselors the resources and support they need to run effective counseling programs. She also has a YouTube Channel a Facebook Page and she's pinning resources on Pinterest.

Thanks again Marissa. It's an honor to be featured.