Creating a Mindfulness-Based Play Therapy Intervention
And if youâre working with young clients, play therapy interventions focusing on mindfulness can be both a fun and beneficial way for children to be able to âfeelâ mindfulness and replicate it into a viable practice.
There are three ways that therapeutic interventions have a focus on mindfulness: by sharpening concentration or attention, building emotion regulation skills to properly handle stress, and developing a positive self-concept.
If youâre ready to test out a play therapy intervention and want to determine its level of mindfulness, ask yourself the questions within this free downloadable infographic.
This blog is an excerpt from 2, 4, 6, 8 This Is How We Regulate: 75 Play Therapy Activities to Increase Mindfulness in Children. Learn more about the book here!
Our panel of experts will show you how to skillfully integrate fun, practical, and immediately useful play therapy interventions to meet the challenges youâre facing right now.
Tracy Turner-Bumberry, LPC, RPT-S, CAS., is the founder of KS Counseling LLC, a private practice located in St. Charles, MO. She has over 15 years of play therapy experience working with children and teens in school, hospital and private practice settings.
Tracy is the author of Finding Meaning with Mandalas-A Therapist’s Guide to Creating Mandalas with Children (Turner Phrase, 2015) and 2, 4, 6, 8 This is How We Regulate: 75 Play Therapy Activities to Increase Mindfulness in Children (PESI, 2018). In addition to her thriving private practice, she conducts play therapy trainings both locally and nationally focusing on mindfulness, regulation and therapist self-care. She also supervises licensed professionals towards reaching their certification in play therapy.
She received her BS in Education from the University of Missouri-Saint Louis, and her MA in School and Professional Counseling from Lindenwood University in St. Charles, MO. She obtained her Registered Play Therapist-Supervisor certification from the Association for Play Therapy, and her Certified Autism Specialist certification from IBCCES.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Tracy Turner-Bumberry maintains a private practice. She receives royalties as a published author. Tracy Turner-Bumberry receives a speaking honorarium, recording royalties, and book royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Tracy Turner-Bumberry is a member of the Association for Play Therapy.
