Meyleen Velasquez
Affirmations for counseling: Moving away from toxic positivity
In this video, I address the idea of engaging clients in reality-based affirmations as a way of moving away from toxic positivity.
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Meyleen Velasquez
- Oct 12, 2020
- 1 min
Improving family communication: Working with teens
In this video, I discuss some tools I've found helpful in engaging families.
Meyleen Velasquez
- Oct 12, 2020
- 1 min
Counseling children experiencing anxiety
In this video, I share a bit about how I work with children who experience anxiety.
Meyleen Velasquez
- Oct 12, 2020
- 1 min
Books for child and play therapists
In this video, I share some of my favorite books for child counseling, storytelling, sandplay, and online play therapy. I hope you find it
Meyleen Velasquez
- Oct 12, 2020
- 1 min
Bibliotherapy and play therapy
In this video, I share some tools I use when integrating bibliotherapy. I hope you find it helpful!
Meyleen Velasquez
- Oct 12, 2020
- 1 min
Counseling with young children ages 0-5: Infant Mental Health
In this video, I share some tools for therapists looking to learn or increase their awareness of working with this exceptional population.
Meyleen Velasquez
- Oct 12, 2020
- 1 min
Family play therapy activity: Improving communication
In this video:
Back to basics
Creating a tower
Activity Set up
The tools
Processing questions
Meyleen Velasquez
- Oct 12, 2020
- 1 min
Therapists and personal trauma: Some lessons in self-care
In this video:
When a therapist experiences a trauma
Feedback on self-care
Connecting with others
Doing your own work
Meyleen Velasquez
- Oct 12, 2020
- 1 min
CBT style intervention for teens & older children: Inside - Outside feelings
In this video:
Inside - outside feelings concept
Engaging the client
Educating
Processing the intervention
Meyleen Velasquez
- Oct 12, 2020
- 1 min
Children & grief in counseling: Considerations & intervention ideas
In this video:
Age-appropriate explanations
Universality
Irreversibility
Non-functionality
Cause of death
Intervention ideas
Meyleen Velasquez
- Jun 30, 2020
- 1 min
Family play therapy: Touch-based strategy for improving sibling discord
In this video
Explaining the intervention to parents
Guiding the process
Asking for permission
Processing the activity with the family
Meyleen Velasquez
- Jun 30, 2020
- 2 min
Cultural humility in mental health: A move away from competence
I hope you find this useful in your work and uplifting in continuing to look at our implicit biases, explore power dynamics, reflect on our
Meyleen Velasquez
- Jun 30, 2020
- 1 min
Trauma treatment: Explaining the trauma narrative to parents & children
In this video:
Establishing rapport with caregivers
Conducting an assessment
Providing psychoeducation on trauma...
Meyleen Velasquez
- Jun 30, 2020
- 1 min
Children & Divorce: Playful tools to support child & family clients
In this video, I discuss three tools that therapists can use to support children through divorce.
Meyleen Velasquez
- Jun 5, 2020
- 1 min
Addressing counseling & age-appropriate expectations with caregivers: Focusing on the relationship
In this video, I discuss ways to establish, discuss, and maintain healthy expectations of therapy and child progress.
Meyleen Velasquez
- Jun 5, 2020
- 1 min
Helping clients keep it real: Addressing unrealistic expectations with perinatal individuals
In this video:
Working with perinatal clients
Goal setting
Assessing current tasks
Establishing reasonable goals
Hyperfocus ...
Meyleen Velasquez
- Jun 5, 2020
- 1 min
Intervención para las peleas entre hermanos y hermanas: Recursos para terapeutas
En este video:
Explicando la intervención a los padres
Guiando el proceso
Pidiendo permiso
Procesando la actividad con la familia
Meyleen Velasquez
- Jun 5, 2020
- 1 min
Play basics: Processing big feelings with older children
In this video:
Increasing awareness of feelings, thoughts, & body
Playful means to express big feelings
Helping clients to transform fee
Meyleen Velasquez
- Jun 5, 2020
- 1 min
Nature-based intervention for working with children: Using stones to process difficult material
In this video, I share some ideas as to how to integrate stonework via telehealth to process difficult emotions, traumatic memories, symptom
Meyleen Velasquez
- Jun 5, 2020
- 1 min
Guided meditation & progressive muscle relaxation: Support for perinatal clients
In this video, I discuss ways the two practices, how to create your own scripts and an example of the practice. Check out the video for more
