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Fantasy and Dreams Don’t Die After Childhood: the Nature of Expressive Arts

by Timothy Reider, MA, LPC | Mar 1, 2018 | Expressive Arts, Parenting, Wellness & Mindfulness

When people ask me to explain how play therapy for children is supposed to be similar to talk therapy for adults, I find myself drawn to explain how intuition develops with age. Do you remember nostalgic days of recess playgrounds and backyard pretend? When kids are...

Can You Actually Connect With Your Kids Through Video Games?

by Timothy Reider, MA, LPC | Aug 18, 2017 | Parenting

Sooooo your teens are probably playing a lot of video games. Do you feel like you don’t understand the appeal? Is your kid obsessed with some games and you don’t know how to connect? Kids find and share meaning through play, and those languages remain important even...

Let’s Talk About Dreams! Part Three

by Timothy Reider, MA, LPC | Aug 2, 2016 | Parenting, Wellness & Mindfulness

So my last blog post I talked about how slow wave sleep (the big dip at hours 1, 2, 4 and 6 in the graph) is responsible for consolidating memories of what happened during the day, and how REM sleep (the dark blue crests at the top of the sleep stages) are what are...

Let’s Talk About Dreams! Part Two

by Timothy Reider, MA, LPC | Jul 19, 2016 | Parenting, Wellness & Mindfulness

In my last post on Let’s Talk About Dreams! Part One, we talked about the relationship between dreams and REM sleep. This time I’d like to introduce you to another type of sleep.  Yes, there are multiple types – in fact, it’s better to take a look at...

Let’s Talk About Dreams! Part One

by Timothy Reider, MA, LPC | Jun 29, 2016 | Parenting, Wellness & Mindfulness

If there’s one shared experience worth talking about, there’s no better example than dreams. They inspire us creatively, they follow us as we age, they warn us when something is wrong. They inspire our creative language and are, arguably, our first introspective...
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