32 | My Playroom Was Absolutely Destroyed By A Client (A Debrief, And How I Handled It)

Play Therapy Podcast: A Master-Class in Child-Centered Play Therapy · Feb 15, 2023 · 37m

Last week I had, arguably, the most challenging session with a child that I've ever had to deal with. I've had a lot of questions from listeners about how to handle aggressive play, so I thought this would be good to debrief with you to explain how child-centered play therapy works in this situation.

These are the topics I discuss in this episode:

A summary of my session

Mess-making play

Anger and aggression masks vulnerability

Holding and/or restraining

How to personally/internally handle something like this

How to discuss what happened with parents

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