52 | Q&A: How To Engage A Client Who Colors Silently (And How To Explain It To Their Parents!)

Play Therapy Podcast: A Master-Class in Child-Centered Play Therapy · Apr 28, 2023 · 16m

Jen in the UK emailed me with the following question: "I have several recent new clients who are choosing to be silent colorers in my room. I'm spending a lot of time tracking coloring behaviour and wondering if I'm doing anything at all! That's not strictly true, as I do believe and feel that embodying the 'be attitudes' and being truly present with the children in relative silence is giving them what they need at the time. They don't want to leave and seem happy to come. I also trust that at some point the nature of the sessions will shift. I guess I would feel more confident knowing what…