In today's episode, I chat with Patti Sutherland and discuss the benefits of incorporating play therapy in school counseling programs, emphasizing its accessibility and effectiveness in addressing trauma and loss in children.

Patti has a Masters in Social Work and has been a social worker for over 30 years. She has worked with children in women's shelter's, family violence programs, schools and spent 12 years in private practice.

She is a Certified Play therapist with The Canadian Association of Play Therapy. She enjoys providing training for educators in the area of developmental trauma in the classroom and is currently a school social worker in the Winnipeg School Division in Winnipeg, Canada.

About a year ago Patti decided she would try her hand at creating resources for school counselors and opened a TPT shop. A major learning curve, but an exciting new adventure. Some highlights from this episode are:

• How to incorporate play therapy into individual, small group, and whole-class sessions.
• Using Collage-making and cooperative games for easy play therapy implementation.
• How to use genogram miniatures to help students make unconscious conclusions about their families
• a Sneak Peak at Patti's session at the IMPACT Summer Summit

Listen in for the whole inside scoop!

Resources mentioned:

• IMPACT Summer Summit

• Join my school counselor membership IMPACT here!

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School Counseling Simplified is a podcast offering easy to implement strategies for busy school counselors. The host, Rachel Davis from Bright Futures Counseling, shares tips and tricks she has learned from her years of experience as a school counselor both in the US and at an international school in Costa Rica.

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