Q&A Lightning Round #4: 5 Questions From Listeners Answered

Lightning Round Q&A #4! - Four listeners contacted me with five questions, so here we go with Lightning Round #4.  I'm so grateful to you and your investment in child-centered play therapy.  You are why I do this podcast.  Thank you for your emails and phone calls.

 

Here is a summary of the questions:

• Pamela from Texas - The child keeps getting "bad" behavior notes from school. When do we know that a child has moved into the Termination Phase
• Rattanyoo (Bonus) from Thailand - How to handle challenging behavior by a client (lying, stealing, etc.)
• "J" from California - Why child-centered is more effective than directive methods
• Lexi from Minnesota - How to adapt a playroom with desk and closet, Use of safety plans, making messes, asked to close eyes, setting boundaries with the child

 

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References:

Cochran, N., Nordling, W., & Cochran, J. (2010). Child-Centered Play Therapy (1st ed.). Wiley.

VanFleet, R., Sywulak, A. E., & Sniscak, C. C. (2010). Child-centered play therapy. Guilford Press.

Landreth, G. L. (2002). Play therapy: The art of the relationship (2nd ed.). Brunner-Routledge.

Bratton, S. C., Landreth, G. L., Kellam, T., & Blackard, S. R. (2006). Child parent relationship therapy (CPRT) treatment manual: A 10-session filial therapy model for training parents. Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group.

Benedict, Helen. Themes in Play Therapy. Used with permission to Heartland Play Therapy Institute.