free resources

Here is where you will find resources for your journey. Feel free to download and use anything you find here, but be aware that not all of these belong to me, and each item is copyrighted by the content creator.

Self-care assessment

How well are you taking care of yourself? This checklist will help you pinpoint the areas in which you may want to focus for your overall well-being.

Healthy and unhealthy coping strateiges

Reports indicate that most Americans are stressed and feel that they do not have adequate ways to cope with it. Of course this breeds many unhealthy ways of dealing with stress. This worksheet will help you evaluate your unhealthy strategies and their consequences, and help you begin thinking of better ways to deal with stress.

Depression quiz

Do you wonder if you have depression? If so, how severe is it? This quiz will help you identify and gauge the symptoms of depression.

Personality quiz

One of the aspects of mental health is making sure we have strong attachments to others. This personality quiz, conducted out of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, will take about 15 minutes to complete. It will give you various ways to observe your health through attachment compared to others, and show you areas for growth.

The importance of play therapy

Knowing what play therapy is and why it works is an important step for parents and guardians of small children who need therapy. In this short piece, I explain a little bit about how the brain develops and why play therapy is key to inspiring healing in children.

More resources

What Is Play Therapy?

What's going on in play therapy? Are we just having a good time? No, there is a very specific method and concrete goals we are trying to achieve. Get the whole story here.

The Whole-Brain Child handout