PARIS GOODYEAR-BROWN, LCSW, RPT-Sâ„¢
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Big Behaviors in Small Containers: 50 Trauma-informed Play Therapy Interventions for Disorders of Dysregulation
Many children with big behaviors need help learning how to regulate themselves more quickly or more effectively. ºÚÁÏÍø author Paris Goodyear-Brown provides a simple sensory-soothing activity that can be particularly helpful for children who struggle to close their eyes and relax.
When a child is experiencing the intrusive or avoidance symptoms of PTSD, building a coherent narrative becomes essential to treatment. Paris Goodyear-Brown, MSSW, LCSW, RPT-S, demonstrates an exercise designed to help children verbalize their big emotions.
Paris Goodyear-Brown, MSSW, LCSW, RPT-S, certified EMDR therapist, is the creator of TraumaPlay®, Ìý
a flexibly sequential play therapy model for treating trauma and attachment disturbances in family systems.Ìý She is the founder of the TraumaPlay® Institute, the Clinical Director of Nurture House, an Adjunct Instructor of Psychiatric Mental Health at Vanderbilt University, and an EMDRIA-Approved Consultant.Ìý Paris has an international reputation as a dynamic and compassionate speaker.Ìý She is a sought-after supervisor, a master clinician, and a prolific author.Ìý As a thought leader in the fields of child trauma and play therapy, she has received the APT award for Play Therapy Promotion and Education, given a Ted Talk on Trauma and Play Therapy and served as the Executive Director of the Lipscomb Play Therapy and Expressive Arts Center.Ìý She is on the board of TNAPT and is the author of multiple chapters and articles including Play Therapy with Traumatized Children and Parents as Partners in Child Therapy: A Clinician’s Guide.Ìý Her twelfth book, Big Behaviors in Small Containers, is hot off the press!Ìý Paris finds great joy in training clinicians all over the world in helping children and their families speak the unspeakable.Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Paris Goodyear-Brown maintains a private practice and has employment relationships with TraumaPlay Institute, Vanderbilt University, and Nurture House. She receives royalties as a published author and compensation as a consultant. Paris Goodyear-Brown receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from ºÚÁÏÍø, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Paris Goodyear-Brown is a member of the Association for Play Therapy and the National Association of Social Workers.