Center for Play Therapy - At the University of North Texas

Yung-Wei "Dennis" Lin
Hi! I am Yung-Wei Lin. Actually, I go by Dennis, an easier name for most people to remember, especially kids. I am from Taiwan and currently in my third year of doctoral program. My specialty is in Play Therapy and I am also supervising master's students in play therapy as well as adult counseling. At the center, I am taking care of our play therapy library, which collects most play therapy journal articles, theses, dissertations, and books in the world. I also coordinate issues regarding visiting scholars and exchange students. I recently took over the duty of website management, so please feel free to give us feedbacks when you visit our website. Thank you so much!!

Kara Holt
Hi, My name is Kara. I am a second year doctoral student studying play therapy. Although a native of Texas, I recently moved to Denton from Fayetteville, Arkansas (woo pigs!). While in Arkansas I worked for four years as a therapist in a therapeutic day treatment center for preschool aged-children. My interests are working in the area of adoption, attachment, spirtuality, and animal assisted therapy.

Kristin Meany-Walen
Howdy, I'm Kristin! I am a second year doctoral student at the University of North Texas in the Counseling Department, specializing in Play Therapy. I recently moved to Texas from Iowa with my husband and 11 year-old son after earning my Master's Degree from the University of Northern Iowa. My past experiences include working with individuals and families with substance abuse; survivors of domestic abuse and rape; as well as, working with children and adolescents.

Sheila Soslow

Hi everyone! I am a first year doctoral student specializing in play therapy. I received my Masters in Education & Counseling at UNT. I am an LPC and have a background in Montessori Education, and parent education/workshops. My past experiences include: working with children and parent survivors of sexual abuse, victims of domestic violence, filial therapy, and mobile play therapy. My future interests include: crisis counseling with trauma and disaster victims, research in play therapy, counselor education and wellness.

Deborah Ojiambo

Hello. I am a first year doctoral student and my speciality is in play therapy. I am from Uganda. While in Uganda, I worked with children affected by varied experiences such as war, sexual abuse, and death of their parents. I was involved in training child facilitators in a cross section of organizations working with children at risk in Uganda.

Rinda Thomas

Hi, I am Rinda. I am the Office Manager for CPT & a Masters student at UNT in the IMPACT program - a program that trains non-education majors to work with children with special needs in the general-ed classroom.