Explore. Learn. Create. Connect.
Books, therapeutic tools, professional publications, podcasts, videos, and on-demand trainings designed to inspire connection, creativity, and new possibilities.
Books & Therapeutic Resources
A collection of books, therapeutic tools, and creative resources designed to strengthen connection, nurture resilience, and awaken possibility.
More Tools & Downloads
Explore additional therapeutic resources, including sandtray journals, posters, creative tools, and digital downloads through Main Line Play Therapy.
From the Playroom to the Classroom
Sandtray Therapy Demonstration of a Teenager
A widely shared demonstration used as a learning resource in trainings and college classrooms.
Little Gems: Play, Parenting & Connection
Little moments of insight, creativity, and connection—created for parents, caregivers, and anyone supporting children.
Learning, Sharing & Connecting
Tammi has always been passionate about sharing creative resources, practical tools, and ideas that inspire connection, curiosity, and new possibilities. During the pandemic, that passion took on new meaning as therapists and families searched for ways to stay connected, creative, and supported from a distance. What began as a way to share, learn, and adapt has grown into a library of resources for parents, professionals, and communities around the world.
Learning & Creating Together
Tele-Play Therapy Day 11: Free Creative Resources
Tammi and colleague Beth Richey share creative ideas and free resources during a time when therapists were learning, adapting, and supporting one another.
On-Demand Trainings
Deepen your practice with flexible, self-paced learning opportunities covering expressive therapies and trauma-informed care.
Deepening Your Play Therapy Supervision Using Sandtray
This 4-hour recorded webinar with Tammi Van Hollander teaches you ho to engage your supervisees in sandtray therapy effectively. Explore advanced techniques to facilitate more profound discussions and case conceptualizations.
4 CE Credits Available
Play Therapy
Attachment-Based Treatment Interventions for Trauma, Anxiety, OCD and More!
6 hour Play Therapy Class
View this workshop and you will learn how to communicate with children through play, strengthen relationships, help children regulate their minds and bodies, and to help them create a safe space to heal. Experience the fun-filled power of play therapy and other expressive arts modalities
PESI: Play-Based Bibliotherapy
Dive into an immersive play therapy workshop, exploring language's pivotal role and dynamic evolution.
We’ll focus on how language influences, guides, and transforms the therapeutic process, emphasizing diversity.
Uncover verbal communication complexities in play therapy and learn to use language effectively for deeper understanding and connection in your practice.
Introduction to Play Therapy translated in Greek
ΕΚΠΑΙΔΕΥΤΙΚΟ ΣΕΜΙΝΑΡΙΟ | Πρόγραμμα Εκπαίδευσης στην Παιγνιοθεραπεία
8-hour on-demand professional training introducing play therapy principles and practical interventions for mental health professionals. Available through Upbility's international learning platform.
Featured Publications & Contributions
Book chapters and Professional Contributions
Featured Articles and Publications
Contributor, Liana Lowenstein, 2025
PESI, 2025
Contributor, Karen Fried, Ed., 2025
World Journal for Sand Therapy Practice®, Vol. 3 No. 1 (2025)
Contributor, Paris Goodyear Brown, 2022
World Journal for Sand Therapy Practice®, 2023 Co-authored with K. Pantier
Play Therapy: Engaging & Powerful Techniques for the Treatment of Childhood Disorders
by Clair Mellenthin | Feb 6, 2018
A Quest for Home: A Powerful Theme in Play Therapy
Featured interventions, Clair Mellenthin, 2018
Play Therapy Magazine
Through the Lens of a Play Therapist: Case Studies with Tammi Van Hollander
Chapter contributor, 2012
Preschoology
Podcasts & Interviews
PARENTING, CONNECTION & WELL-BEING
The Healing Power of Expressive Therapies
Fit for Joy Podcast
Night-time Anxiety in Children
Restful Sleep Podcast with Dr. Funke Brown
Celebrate Your Child’s Intense Behavior Instead of Criticizing It
The Better Behavior Show with Dr. Nicole Beurkens
Parenting the Anxious Child
Parenting with Patricia Podcast
PLAY THERAPY, SANDTRAY & PROFESSIONAL CONVERSATIONS
Books as Bridges: Co-Regulation and Attachment through Bibliotherapy
Lessons from the Playroom with Lisa Dion
Attunement and Creativity in Tele-health with Child Clients and Parents
Lynne-Louise Wonders’ Channel
Sandtray Therapy, a Deeper Level of Healing
Listen to the episode online
Just for Now
Oaklander Training YouTube Channel – January 9, 2022 – with Tammi Van Hollander
On Sandtray Therapy with Tammi VanHollander - Episode 108 of the Play Therapy Community podcast
Nurturing Children's Greatness, Tammi Van Hollander & Jackie Flynn talking about Casey's Great Wings
Watch the demonstration online
Jackie Flynn’s Play Therapy Community Podcast
Next Level Play Therapy: A Podcast for Play Therapy Excellence – Cathi Spooner
What is Bibliotherapy in Play Therapy?
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Looking for a podcast guest who brings warmth, creativity, playfulness, and practical insight to conversations about connection, parenting, resilience, emotional well-being, and the power of play? Tammi brings decades of experience—and believes meaningful conversations can be both insightful and fun.
