Meet a VAPT Playmate

PHOTO: Danielle Budash

My Name is: Danielle Budash, MS

I Play at: James Madison University. I also enjoy playing back home in West Virginia with my 17 month old niece, Ava!

My Favorite Play Therapy Technique: Providing the child with the following conditions for growth: genuineness, acceptance, and understanding.

My Favorite Play Therapy Book: Play Therapy: The Art of the Relationship by Garry Landreth. In addition, I love children’s books and believe that bibliotherapy is a great tool to keep in the handy therapist toolbox. My favorite children’s book is Today I Feel Silly: And Other Moods that Make My Day by Jamie Lee Curtis.

I Learned to Play at: The Children’s Psychiatric Center in Miami, Florida

My Favorite Play Therapy Tool: No doubt about it…the therapeutic relationship I build with a child!!!