​NEAPT 2025 Award Recipient

  Leader in Play Therapy: Wendy Monahan

 Wendy Monahan, M.S., RPT-S™, is the school counselor at Stowe Elementary School. Her nearly 30 years of professional experience include counseling children in the school setting, individually and in small groups. Wendy was awarded the Vermont School Counselor of the Year for 2008-2009 by the Vermont School Counselor Association. She has taught play therapy at the graduate level, provided play therapy training locally, regionally, and nationally, as well as offered workshops for school counselors, and supervised   clinicians from a variety of settings. Wendy is accompanied daily by her therapy dogs, Lulu and Peanut, who have shown her the therapeutic powers of loving animals. Wendy has adapted play therapy techniques to fit the challenges of school schedules, diverse groupings, and the unique demands of a school setting.

 Wendy has served in many capacities for the play therapy community. She assists others in receiving contact CE's by providing in-person training. She has worked tirelessly to support needy families in Vermont. Wendy's passion for supporting play and play therapy is not unnoticed.