A Guide to Working with Traumatized Teens Description: Working with teens can be a tough, challenging job. Adding in trauma, abuse, and neglect in their backgrounds, and workers often feel […]
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clair mellenthin
Hi! I'm Clair Mellenthin, LCSW, RPT-S. You are in the right place if you prioritize the well being of the children you love, over tradition and the well-intentioned but clearly not working parenting and therapy strategies of the past.
With more than twenty years of clinical experience, authoring six books about play therapy and speaking to therapists around the globe I am here to tell you there is hope!
Join me as we rediscover the joy of connection, healthy relationships and attachment through play! Keep Playing!
You may have seen my work in:
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meet Clair.
October 16, 2013
FILED IN: Events
September 10, 2013
FILED IN: Parenting
Most parents would be horrified to think of their little girl as a sexualized object in our society, but that is what “smart” marketing is doing without our conscious awareness. […]
September 10, 2013
FILED IN: Parenting
How do we teach our children that they are enough on the inside when they are constantly bombarded with messages that they are not good enough unless they have lots […]
August 25, 2013
FILED IN: Parenting
By Clair Mellenthin, LCSW Most of us parents are finding ourselves in two different camps right now. The first camp is the “Holy cow! How did summer fly by so […]
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