Trigger Warning: Chronicles of A Play Therapist focuses on trauma and the content may cause some negative emotional experiences. We encourage you to take care of your emotional needs.

Play therapy along with other expressive therapies, is a powerful vehicle of change to help individuals and families go from hurt to healing and achieve a restored sense of safety and security. Play therapy has an incredible range of therapeutic benefits and is an effective psychotherapy approach to treat trauma, mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders.

Welcome to Chronicles of A Play Therapist, a podcast that discusses mental health from a play therapy specialization. Hosted by Althea T. Simpson, witness the sheer magic of the therapeutic healing power of play as it instills hope and increase resiliency. Discover trends, treatment approaches, theory, and practical applications.

A licensed clinical social worker and a registered play therapist supervisor with an authentic and creative approach to trauma and play therapy, Althea Simpson is the Founder of Unicorn Life Training and serves as the lead presenter. She is also the Founder of Brighter Day Therapeutic Solutions, a trauma focused psychotherapy practice. She has more than eighteen years of indirect and direct clinical practice experience with children, adolescents, adults, families, organizations and corporate groups.

Heartfelt Healing is a process and a personal journey that must be navigated in one's own timing and at one's own pace. If you are a interested in learning about how healing trauma from an expressive lens can support mental health and overall well-being, Chronicles of A Play Therapist is your gateway to the therapeutic benefits of play – what it’s all about, embracing intrinsic human capacity, and how to use the imagination in the healing process. Play fosters the Hurt to Healing journey through self-exploration, post-traumatic growth, creative intelligence, awareness, and acceptance.

Every episode, we bring you resources that encourages authenticity and healing. Discover practical information focusing on theory, demonstration, practice, and observation, all of which makes play therapy MAGICAL! The information in this podcast is not intended for and should not be viewed as mental health treatment. We encourage you to reach out for professional help with qualified mental health professionals if needed. Interested in learning more about play therapy? Join Chronicles of A Play Therapist with Althea Simpson today!