375 | Why Most CCPT Therapists Crumble Under Pressure (And What To Do About It!)

Play Therapy Podcast: A Master-Class in Child-Centered Play Therapy · Feb 20, 2026 · 20m

In this episode, I walk you through the Summit Framework — the developmental roadmap for mastery in child-centered play therapy that I presented at the Field of Dreams training. I believe one of the greatest challenges in our field is that we've never clearly defined how a therapist progresses toward true mastery. We learn the skills. We memorize the principles. But we're rarely shown how to stabilize under pressure and refine our foundation before moving higher. And when we skip that step, we crumble.

Mastery in CCPT is not about advancing quickly into insight-level work. It's about…