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*please note: a few play therapy articles may not be the full article.
play therapy articles
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Play Therapy for Traumatic Loss
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Neurobiological Power of Play & Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics
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Play Therapy to Foster Attachment for Grieving Military Families
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Nature-Based Child Centered Play Therapy
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![Book titled A Little Spot of Feelings is upright on a wooden desk with 8 little plush feeling stuffies with different emotional expressions. Each one is a different color.]()
Neuroscience & the Magic of Play Therapy
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![Board and card games stacked on top of one another. Connect 4 is on the top and underneath it are Sequence, Race to the Treasure, Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza, UNO, and Rainbow Pirates.]()
An Examination of Child Centered Play Therapy & Synergetic Play Therapy
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![Corner with twinkling lights above, a felt ball garland, and below is a teal cushion with pillows that are dark blue, deep red, and a grey with white stars. A blue weighted elephant and part of a white and colorful spotted blanket.]()
Sand Tray Interviews with Parentally Bereaved Youth Ages 4-8
“Grief and love are sisters, woven together from the very beginning.”
— Francis Weller, The Wild Edge of Sorrow
carefarming articles
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Evaluating Care Farming as a Means to Care for Those in Trauma and Grief
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Cultivating our Humanity: A Systemic Review of Care Farming and Grief
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![a black, white, and tan rooster standing on mulch with the bottom of a wooden building and another feathered friend in the background]()
Exploring the Role of Farm Animals in Providing Care at Care Farms
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![red cherry tomatoes in a blue basket along with poblano peppers, jalapeno, and cherry tomatoes in another blue basket. Both are on grass.]()
Farming for Life Quality and Sustainability: A Literature Review of Green Care Trends in Europe
“We say that humans have the least experience with how to live and thus the most to learn—we must look to our teachers among the other species for guidance. Their wisdom is apparent in the way that they live. They teach us by example. They’ve been on the earth far longer than we have been, and have had time to figure things out.”
— Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass
nature-based therapy & gardening articles
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Psychological & Physical Effects of Forests on Humans
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Gardening is Beneficial for Health
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Benefits of Nature Exposure on Cognitive Functioning in Children & Adolescents
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Impact of Green Space Exposure on Children’s & Adolescent’s Mental Health
"...the bypassing of traumatic grief may be the greatest threat facing humankind today, responsible for immense suffering from addictions and abuse to social disconnection and perhaps even war. When we disconnect from our grief, we disconnect from ourselves. When we disconnect from ourselves, we disconnect from others and from the natural world. It is an insidious cycle of unnecessary suffering that pervades families, communities, cultures, and generations. By trying to circumvent suffering, we magnify it.”
— Dr. Joanne Cacciatore, Bearing the Unbearable
traumatic grief articles
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What is Good Grief Support? Exploring the Actors & Actions in Social Support after Traumatic Grief
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Traumatic Bereavement & Mindfulness: A Preliminary Study of Mental Health Outcomes Using the ATTEND Model
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When a Child Dies: A Critical Analysis of Grief-Related Controversies in DSM-5
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Mental Health of Homicidally Bereaved Individuals: A Systemic Review of Post-Homicide Factors
