by Keller, Ph.D., LCMHCS, RPT-S | May 26, 2022 | Wonder
This week, I find myself at a loss for words. I rarely have trouble sitting down and writing. Instead of writing or doing anything really, I’ve napped off and on. I wish I had written on schedule and produced a blog post on Monday for publication later in the...
by Keller, Ph.D., LCMHCS, RPT-S | May 10, 2022 | Wonder
D. W. Winnicott coined the term “good enough mother” in 1953. The British pediatrician and psychoanalyst suggested that mothers need not be concerned with perfection, but rather with being good enough. In honor of Mother’s Day, I’d like to explore a bit about what...
by Keller, Ph.D., LCMHCS, RPT-S | May 1, 2022 | Emotional Regulation & Wellness
One of the first things I did last week when I arrived early for a yoga retreat was open my laptop and log in to a prose poetry class. I didn’t want to miss the prompts and subsequent delight in something new as it appeared on the page before me. I don’t...
by Keller, Ph.D., LCMHCS, RPT-S | Feb 9, 2022 | Play Therapy
Becoming a Registered Play Therapist through the Association for Play Therapy requires a financial investment in education as well as supervision through three phases of development (outlined here on page four). A play therapy training budget needs to consider...
by Keller, Ph.D., LCMHCS, RPT-S | Feb 9, 2022 | Play Therapy
Every once in a while my husband returns from a trip or online seminar with new books in our audiobook file. They generally have to do with management and leadership, which is a refreshing change from all of the science fiction he downloads. Over the weekend, I...
by Keller, Ph.D., LCMHCS, RPT-S | Oct 27, 2021 | Wonder
As I prepare for an upcoming play therapy workshop on working with paper, I realize that paper arts fit with another theme of my writing over the past week: the balance of nurture and structure. Rather than rehash what I wrote, here is a brief description followed by...
