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Play Therapy Activities to Help Kids Achieve Greater Self-Regulation

Interventions based in Play Therapy and Mindfulness to understand and improve the world of children

Tracy Turner-Bumberry, LPC, RPT-S, CAS, shares simple, playful and on-point interventions that combines mindfulness, expressive arts and play to help kids achieve greater self-regulation, focus more and stress less.

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The Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) Tango

5 Essential Moves of the EFT Dance

What is the problem in couples therapy, and how can we turn it around? Couples are stuck in a cycle of negative interactions, which makes safe emotional connection and engagement impossible...In this short video, Dr. Sue Johnson explains how you can create change and build positive bonding relationships with couples through the five essential moves of the Emotionally Focused Therapy dance.

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Taming the Wild Things

Helping anxious kids and those trying to shield them from feelings of fear, insecurity, uncertainty, or discomfort.

Lynn Lyons, LICSW, shares how to override the demanding voice of anxiety.

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PESI Book Club: October 2019

Four children-focused books to add to your reading list.

This month's suggested reads include four products to help improve the well-being of the children in your life.

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Food Refusal? Try Food Exploring!

How to Help Kids Go Beyond Fast Food

Angela Mansolillo, MA/CCC-SLP, BCS-S, offers helpful tips for feeding therapists and their clients.

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PESI Book Club: September 2019

Our latest new releases and a free worksheet!

New school year, new books and card decks! Here are three new releases as well as one of our customer favorites.

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Leslie’s “Go-To” Granola Recipe

A Recipe to Improve Attention & Focus

Dr. Leslie Korn shares a brainpower-promoting recipe from her book, Eat Right, Feel Right.

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PESI Book Club: August 2019

Check out this month's featured books and free worksheets!

Summer isn’t over yet! Check out these essential reads for August.

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Why We Must Think of Children—and our Nervous System—as Trees

Free Self-Regulation and Mindfulness Activity and Worksheets

Varleisha (Gibbs) Lyons, Ph.D., OTD, OTR/L

Join Varleisha (Gibbs) Lyons, PhD, OTD, OTR/L, as she shares several transformative exercises for children and families challenged by sensory processing disorders, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, autism spectrum disorder, and various other neurodevelopmental disorders.

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PESI Book Club: July 2019

Check out this month's new releases and free worksheets!

Looking for some summer reads and new resources? We've got you covered!

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