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Here are some of the publications I've contributed on
Baldwin, K., Velasquez, M., Courtney, J. (2019). FirstPlay® Therapy Strengthens the Attachment Relationship Between a Mother with Perinatal Depression and Her Infant. In J. A. Courtney (Ed), Infant Play Therapy (pp. 83-100). Routledge.
Courtney, J.A., Velasquez, M., Bakai Toth, V. (2017). FirstPlay® Infant Massage Storytelling Facilitating Corrective Experiences with a Teenage Mother and Her Abused Infant. In J. A. Courtney & R. D. Nolan (Eds), Touch in Child Counseling and Play Therapy: An Ethical and Clinical Guide (pp. 48-62). Routledge.
Velasquez, M. (2022). Let’s Go Outside: Nature-Based Play Therapy Through the Lens of Cultural Humility. In J. A Courtney, J. Langley, L. Wonders, R. LaPiere, & R. Heiko (Eds), Nature-Based Play and Expressive Interventions for Working with Children, Teens and Families. Routledge.
Zakomac-Baćevac, S., Velasquez, M. (2024). Ovdje nisam, a tamo me nema: The Silenced Complicated, Complex Grief of Bosnian Refugees. In R. B. Turner & S. D. Stauffer (Eds), Disenfranchised Grief: Examining Social, Cultural, and Relational Impacts. Routledge.
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Velasquez, M. Anti-Blackness in Latinx Communities: Striving to Become Anti-Racist. In C. Smalls & M. Fuller (Eds), Antiblackness, White Privilege and Authentic Allyship. Manuscript submitted for publication.