ABSTRACT
In play and expressive arts therapies, parents and caregivers often need specific direction in how to play with their children to reduce problematic behaviors or improve attunement in their relationship. Similarly, parents and caregivers often report feeling unsure of how to incorporate nature-based interventions with their children outside of therapy. In this chapter, you will learn how to introduce nature-based play and expressive arts interventions within sessions that can be developed into action plans for use by parents and their children’s in-between sessions. These action plans provide a framework of experiences that can be accessed during follow-up sessions to further reinforce goals and provide families life-long resiliency and coping skills. Two vignettes illustrate how to incorporate these ideas into family therapy.
