Giveaway to celebrate the channel's first milestone! **entering is closed**

[@MeyleenVelasquez]

Congratulations Hatake915!! You are the winner of the Digital Play Therapy book giveaway!!

[@MeyleenVelasquez]

Just announced a new winner! Congratulations Jamilah Scott!

[@gabriellechavez7845]

Yayyyyy!! And I'm so grateful to have found your channel, I'm an LMSW in NM & AZ and find your page to be so helpful & interesting!! I'd like to see a video on supporting children to manage their anxieties around COVID & going back to school :)

[@MeyleenVelasquez]

Thank you, Gabrielle! I am just in the works with a peer on creating a simple book for children & parents to work on this! WIll add it to the video queue!

[@edeedee1644]

Sending all of the congratulations your way! Your videos have definitely been so helpful and I am so grateful to you. Transitioning into telehealth has created so much more opportunities to engage in family work with families being home together more often, I would love to see more interventions you have in doing family therapy with young children. I would also be interested in any information/interventions you utilize for oppositional children and for children going through parental divorce and separation. Thanks for all your great videos :)

[@MeyleenVelasquez]

Thank you for the congratulations!! I am so glad to read the videos have been helpful to you :) I will add the recommendations to future videos. thank you so much!!

[@joselinecubas3347]

Congrats on this milestone! This is only the beginning! Your videos are so valuable! I would love to see more for teens and body image!

[@MeyleenVelasquez]

Thank you so much!

[@lennaallen4384]

Congrats! Your channel has been SO helpful! I would love to see some interventions using puppets 🙂

[@MeyleenVelasquez]

thank you!!

[@PlayfullyConnectedGames]

Congrats! So exciting!

[@MeyleenVelasquez]

Thank you!

[@LilianaMunoz-zd3tt]

Thank you for all your work. It has been so helpful in transitioning to Telehealth. I would love to see more Spanish videos as well as something on anxiety or a general video on how to become a certified play therapist.

[@MeyleenVelasquez]

You are so welcome! and thank you for your feedback and recommendation :)

[@BoontarikaSripom]

Woohooo!!! Love your content and the momentum you're building. Keep going! You deserve the recognition and the community needs your important voice~! I'd love to see a video on 1) some basic things caregivers can do to see patterns in their children's play, common things to encourage or shape 2) the developing brain and abstract/emotional parts of the child 3) Top 3 books for someone wanting to explore being a play therapist 4) Show us your toys! 5) What's different when working with one child versus a group of children?

[@MeyleenVelasquez]

Thank you much for your feedback and these awesome recommendations! Much appreciated :)

[@engagecounselingconsulting9938]

Congratulations on 1K!! I am already a subscriber and have appreciated your videos during this time. I would like to see a video on how to transition new clients that have ONLY been telehealth to face to face (for those that choose). I feel like it may be like having a new client once we go to face to face.

[@MeyleenVelasquez]

Thank you for your feedback and for being a subscriber! I will place this recommendation in the video queue :)

[@taveras38]

Notification Crew here! thank you so much for creating these wonderful videos and sharing so much knowledge Meyleen. I would love to for you share any tips/experience with working with children with ADHD and how to engaged them during sessions. This has been such a challenge for me as a beginner clinician.

[@MeyleenVelasquez]

Thank you, Edwin. Engaging children experiencing ADHD can be extremely challenging online. I will share in a future video what has been helpful for me!

[@taveras38]

@@MeyleenVelasquez Thank you Meyleen! Hope you and your loved ones are staying well:)

[@priscillaklockner4649]

Congratulations! I would love to see something on using puppets with young children.

[@MeyleenVelasquez]

Thank you! puppets are super fun!

[@Devoted816]

Congratulations, I am so happy that you decided to share your techniques with us as it was a great support to transitioning to the unknown telehealth/teletherapy! I think in your future videos to target children 3-5 years old with special needs/ non verbal and how to engage them in therapy through video as they are uninterested and lose attention very quickly especially if the concept consist of teaching emotions. Thank you again.

[@MeyleenVelasquez]

Thank you! For the early childhood population my preference (and training) involves engaging parents. I will include your suggestion into the upcoming videos 😊

[@lc3459]

I love your channel. So helpful. I would love to see techniques and interventions in action as role play if possible.

[@MeyleenVelasquez]

Thank you for this suggestion! This is tricky at the moment but I will figure out a way!

[@Jamilah_lcsw]

Congrats on reaching 1k! 🥳 Your channel helped me greatly during my transition to telehealth. I would like to see techniques for blended families, specifically involving step parents in family therapy

[@MeyleenVelasquez]

Thank you, Jamilah! I appreciate this recommendation :)

[@MeyleenVelasquez]

Hi Jamilah, I wanted to let you know that I just tallied a new winner for this giveaway and you are the winner!! Please send me an email at [e-mail] to coordinate the reward :)

[@Jamilah_lcsw]

Meyleen Velasquez thank you! Just sent you an email 😊

[@dako_inspiro]

Hi there I am enjoying these videos! There are many useful tips and interventions! I was hoping you could make something for young kiddos (5-7) years old that struggle with defiance at home and school. It has been pretty hard to engage these ones on the video. Thanks again :)

[@MeyleenVelasquez]

Thanks for your feedback and for the idea! & you are very welcome :) so glad you've found the interventions useful!

[@kunaaldoshi4028]

Ms. Velasquez, I have found your videos to be extremely engaging and helpful. It has been a huge resource for a new clinician like me. Thank you for all you do. Congrats on your awesome milestone! I am wondering if you could create a new video on how to work with teens who are involved in the juvenile justice system and / or how to improve communication within that sort of family dynamic. Again, thanks so much!

[@MeyleenVelasquez]

You are so welcome! And, thank you for your feedback and suggestion! I actually started out my work with families with youth in DJJ. I will place this on the list of upcoming recordings :)

[@kunaaldoshi4028]

@@MeyleenVelasquez Thanks!

[@MeyleenVelasquez]

@@kunaaldoshi4028 you're welcome

[@izibelles]

congrats on 1k ! 🥳 i subscribed recently since i switched programs within my practicum site & started working with elementary school-aged children & was lost on how to even try to do telehealth with these kiddos. i think your videos helped a lot ! as a grad student/trainee, i'd love a video on any tips for getting through school/practicum (in general or in a pandemic) or to share some of your journey as a student (if you're comfortable) 🤗

[@MeyleenVelasquez]

I am so glad the videos have been helpful in your transition. This is a great recommendation. I had a very hard time in my internships. As students, we are in a very vulnerable place and at times receive very little support.

[@Hatake915]

Tele-therapy + trauma-informed approaches + play therapy

[@MeyleenVelasquez]

Thank you!

[@MeyleenVelasquez]

Congratulations Hatake915! You are the giveaway winner!!! Please send me an email at [e-mail]

[@MeyleenVelasquez]

Hi Hatake915, You have one more week to claim your prize. Please email me by Sunday, September 6, at [e-mail] to arrange delivery.

[@silviamarques-costeira6822]

Teleplay therapy with preschoolers

[@MeyleenVelasquez]

thank you!

[@debrathomas4425]

I would love to see some interventions for teens.

[@MeyleenVelasquez]

Thank you!

[@MeyleenVelasquez]

Thank you everyone for participating! The entering is now closed and I will be tallying up the results!! I will let the winner know on the comment section and show my process for choosing the winner in the community section!

[@madonnamezzanotte7815]

I would like to see video on play therapy with clients who are oppositional and children pulled between divorcing parents.

[@MeyleenVelasquez]

Thank you for this recommendation!