Trauma & Play Therapy: Holding Hard Stories | Paris Goodyear-Brown, MSSW, LCSW, RPTS | TEDxNashville

[stellachinyere]

OmG. I didn't want this talk to end. I was literally writing down every single sentence. This is so practical and useful. Thanks a million

[chjhooah]

Watching this for a MSW most powerful 18 minutes of over 2 years of school to date. THANK YOU for this gift.

[monahaddad]

play for traumatic children is their talk and the toys are their words. agree 100%
"there is no greater agony than burying an untold story inside of us. sharing it with an other helps to leech the toxicity out of it"
I watched this video twice. Thank you Paris.

[effiemantzouranis]

this deserves more than 250, 000 views. This was such a wonderfully presented talk and its so touching to see someone so devoted to helping children. Thank you for this

[jacquelinesevra]

I am balling my eyes out. I am so grateful for people like you! Much love & light 💜

[chad.avatar]

Wow just speechless. I felt a physical pit in my stomach with some of these stories. God bless all these children affected by such heinous acts.

[rosemarygarrels]

this makes so much sense! Now I understand why I had to make SO many more abuse reports in the summers while working at summer camps than I've ever had to make working in the public schools

[stefaniegilbert]

As a fellow play therapist this was a clear and inspiring way to share the transformative effect play has in therapy. Would love to have a Nurture House in my community!

[JIWYT]

So true! My young son broke his arm when I was not there. I remember the relieve when I asked him after he came out of hospital to tell everything that happened to a little giraffe that I spoke through. It was amazing how he told this little animal all details, from what happened to how he felt. It was play, so free of possible judgements and worries from mom :-)

[jojomariejosee]

Thank you so very much! You have inspired me to become a play therapist! 🙏 ❤️

[alanmintz]

This is so enlightening!! I never thought of trauma being accessible and tractable through play before this lecture. Phenomenal

[evelynspaghetti]

I wasn't going to have a drink, but now I definitely am. All I can say is thankyou to each and every person in this field.

[TheHappyNisha]

For me, after decades of searching, Anthroposophical Therapies helped me heal my' ACE' 'symptoms', specifically Eurhythmy Therapy, Art (Play) Therapy, Clay Modelling and Stone Carving (very grounding, safe, gentle, empowering, artistic and I'm in charge of how fast or slow I choose to go; supported by people who understand the forces inside the human being, at all levels). So grateful.

[HSMfanatic]

As a grad student who wants to specialize in work with kids and has considered play therapy, this has solidified my ambition.

[jennifertaylorplaytherapys]

Thank you Paris Goodyear-Brown for such an eloquent description of play therapy and the work that is done by children. The work you are doing is so important!

[DD-jmug]

This is amazing! All children should have access to this care in schools. Thankyou for sharing 🙇💜

[pandaprincess]

This makes me cry. Feel so bad for these kids.

[shelbyfigueroa]

Im a music therapy student and so glad I watched this!!! Play is an integral part of what I am learning.

[psicologayanahina]

Paris thank you, so Inspirational!!, I am living in a country where play therapy is still in the pregnancy stage. Nevertheless, I was trained in Uruguay and 20 years ago in that little far away country I worked with play therapy within school frameworks.
For the last 18 years, since relocating from Uruguay to New Zealand, a beautiful 1st world country, I have been dealing with professional frustation as the psychology and psychotherapy proffession here does not integrate play therapy as main stream modality.
Watching your video motivated me to keep up my work and hope for play therapy to take off as an incredible transformational tool for children and people with intellectual disability.

[jinjo]

This is what progress feels like. Not over to mars but taking care of kids here.
However I am curious if the play therapy can be helpful with full grown adults.