How to Use Play Therapy with Traumatized Children and Teens

Next Level Play Therapy: A Podcast for Play Therapy Excellence

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What mistakes in play therapy with traumatized children and teens are critical to avoid?
No one wants to provide terrible play therapy services.
I’ve never heard a play therapist say - “I’m okay with providing mediocre play therapy services to my clients, especially clients with traumatic experiences.”
That would be terrible, right?!
And yet, sometimes we don’t really know how to provide play therapy to traumatized children and teens so they get the most benefit from the experience.
So, how do you provide play therapy to traumatized children and teens in a way that helps them overcome the devastating impact of trauma?
What are the mistakes to avoid when providing play therapy services to traumatized children and teens?
I’ll discuss four mistakes to avoid when providing play therapy to traumatized children and teens so they can experience the healing they deserve (and that you want to provide for them).

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1. How to Use Play Therapy with Traumatized Children and Teens (00:00:00)

2. Intro (00:00:01)

3. Today's topic (00:00:53)

4. About Cathi (00:02:57)

5. First mistake that play therapists make (00:04:15)

6. Second mistake that play therapists make (00:13:25)

7. Third mistake that play therapists make (00:18:58)

8. Fourth mistake that play therapists make (00:24:14)

9. Recap of today's discussion (00:28:20)

10. Resources (00:34:30)

11. Outro (00:37:58)