Wendel has a lot of worries. His worries were so big they were creating a lot of problems for Wendel. Wendel's mother brought him to visit Miss Piper and her playroom because she knew Miss Piper could help him. This is a therapeutic children's book designed for child therapists providing play therapy services to use with their clients. Wendel has generalized anxiety disorder. This book shows the course of Wendel's therapy at a young child's age appropriate level providing children with anxiety a chance to feel seen and heard and gain hope for overcoming their overwhelming worries. There is a therapists' section providing notes and some suggested therapeutic interventions for helping children with anxiety in the playroom and there is are discussion prompts for caring adults to use with children reading the book together. This book is a part of the Miss Piper's Playroom series of therapeutic children's books by Lynn Louise Wonders, LPC, RPT-S, CPCS About the Author: Lynn Louise Wonders, LPC, RPT-S, CPCS is a Registered Play Therapist-Supervisor, licensed and certified in the state of Georgia to provide professional counseling and supervision services. She is the Director of Wonders Counseling & Consulting Services, providing consultation and mentoring services for therapists throughout the United States, Israel, Ireland and Australia. Ms. Wonders is the creator of a preschool emotion education program called S.E.A.L. Social Emotional Awareness Literacy for Preschoolers implemented in preschool settings since 2003 to provide young children, teachers and parents with experiential education and support to facilitate mindfulness and emotional intelligence. She is the founder of Parenting with Purpose and Vision Seminar Series and is a trained facilitator of Drs. John & Julie Gottman's methods of couples counseling and parenting training programs. Ms. Wonders is a developmental psychotherapists, with theoretical foundation rooted in the human developmental life stages. She has been providing play therapy training and continuing education for therapists in person and online since 2010. She has served as an Early Childhood Specialist and National Spokesperson for Primrose Schools having authored numerous published articles on subjects of early childhood development and parenting. Ms.Wonders has served as a guest instructor for the psychology department at Berry College in Rome, Georgia and for the mental health departments at Grady Hospital, Peachford Hospital and Mercy Care Center in Atlanta and has led over 100 live continuing education training events nationwide. Ms. Wonders also offers self-care retreats, coaching, consultation, resources and education on the subject of self care and midlife . She has 30 years of experience teaching meditation, mindfulness and gentle forms of yoga and Tai Chi & Chi Kung. You can learn more about her services at www.WondersCounseling.com and www.LynnLouiseWonders.com |