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228 | Session Savvy: Staying Neutral and Avoiding "Body" Commentary in CCPT
In this Session Savvy episode of the Play Therapy Podcast, I talk about the importance of avoiding commentary on a child's body or physical actions in the playroom, such as saying, "Your body is telling you it needs to move." While well-intentioned, these types of remarks can lead to interpretation and assumptions, which go against the neutrality required in child-centered play therapy (CCPT). I discuss the need to simply track behavior or reflect content without imposing our own ideas on the child's experience.
I provide examples of CCPT-adherent responses that avoid assumptions…
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