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What to Say When There Are No Words

What to Say When There Are No Words

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 week. If...

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An Exploration of Good-Enough Parenting

An Exploration of Good-Enough Parenting

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...

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Setting up a Budget-Friendly Playroom

Setting up a Budget-Friendly Playroom

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...

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Paper Art: Unfolding within the Folds

Paper Art: Unfolding within the Folds

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...

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Dear Parents, Take Advantage of Rituals

Dear Parents, Take Advantage of Rituals

Dear Parents, As our children are headed into the school year, whatever that looks like for you, I'd like to share a few observations: I had more hope at the end of last school year than I do at the beginning of this one. I don't think I'm alone because a couple of...

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NBCC Approved Continuing Education Provider (ACEP)

NBCC Approved Continuing Education Provider (ACEP)

I am really happy to announce that Dr. Emily Keller, LLC, is now approved by the National Board of Certified Counselors (NBCC) as an Approved Continuing Education Provider (ACEP). We had already been an approved provider of continuing education by the Association for...

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Confirmations, Signs, and Moving Forward

Confirmations, Signs, and Moving Forward

I've been writing and processing about life, meaning, and moving forward at https://storygarden.substack.com. It's my attempt to inspire authentic living. I hope you will check it out. That writing collided with me personally and professionally in a beautiful way....

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Processing 2020

Processing 2020

My mind is a sieve. Words slip by like shadows without my grasping them. And, yet, true to a form I hope foreshadows 2021, I am sitting and writing through the clouds that are my mind. Cloudiness is normal. I pause, for just a moment, not sure what to write next. I...

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