Healing in the Hallways: Bringing Play Therapy into Schools with Dr. Kristi Perryman

Podcast: Playful Beginnings · Maggie Parker and Kristie Opiola

Opublikowano: 2026-06-15

What happens when we meet children where they spend the majority of their lives—not in an isolated clinic, but right in the school building? In this episode, we sit down with the incredible Dr. Kristi Perryman, Director and Founder of the Office of Play Therapy Research and Training at the University of Arkansas and Chair-Elect for the national Association for Play Therapy (APT) Board. Long before she was a leading researcher and counselor educator, Dr. Perryman was on the front lines as a special education teacher, elementary school counselor, and middle school counselor. She lived the re...