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S3E46 - Wrapping Up the Parent Companion Series + What's In Store for Season 4! · Play Therapy Parenting: Real Parenting Questions Answered by a Child Therapist

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  You're listening to the Play Therapy Parenting Podcast
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  with Dr. Brenna Hicks.
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  Hi,
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  I'm Dr. Brenna Hicks,
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  The Kid Counselor.
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  This is the Play Therapy Parenting Podcast
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  where I give you insight,
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  awareness,
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  and enlightenment about your parenting and your relationship with your kids.
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  In today's episode,
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  we are wrapping up
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  the Parent Companion series.
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  We are wrapping up season 3.
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  Thank you for hanging out with me for all of
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  season 3 and for all of the questions that you submitted
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  and for
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  kind of walking the journey of what
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  child-centered play therapy is all about.
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  It has been
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  actually a really long,
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  longer than I expected season,
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  to be honest.
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  And
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  this has been a very meaningful season for me
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  because one of the most important things that I feel
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  we're trying to do as a field,
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  as child-centered play therapists,
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  is find out
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  how we can effectively engage parents in the process.
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  And
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  You all are a crucial piece of your child's healing journeys.
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  You need to be invested and understanding and bought in and committed,
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  whether you're working with a play therapist or not.
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  Every single child is on
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  a self-actualization journey.
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  We're all on self-actualization journeys.
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  It doesn't matter the age.
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  And as your child is working to become a better version of him or herself,
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  and as your child is developing and growing and learning and experiencing life
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  and sorting through things,
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  they need someone to come alongside them.
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  And whether that's a play therapist,
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  whether that's you,
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  whether that's another adult in their life,
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  we are working as a field
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  to make sure that you are equipped
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  and adequately prepared.
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  To understand what's going on,
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  what children need,
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  how to best communicate with them,
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  how to understand where they are and honor that,
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  respect that,
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  sit in it with them.
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  And obviously,
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  sometimes you want support
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  and sometimes you seek a child-centered play therapist.
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  Many of you are working with child-centered play therapists right now,
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  and I commend the fact that you realize that you can't do this alone.
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  For those of you that are not.
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  And your children are stable and or happy and
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  or you feel like you are supporting them effectively,
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  I commend that too,
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  because at the end of the day,
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  Yuri Bronfenbrenner.
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  Quoted one of my favorite quotes of all time,
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  every child needs at least one adult
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  who has an irrational love,
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  a crazy irrational love for them.
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  And
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  if you are that person for your children,
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  if the play therapist with whom you're working is that person for your children,
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  that's how children become the best version of themselves when at least one adult
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  in their world
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  has a crazy irrational love for them.
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  And that's what this season 3 has been about,
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  about helping you understand
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  what
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  the play therapy process looks like,
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  but also what it means when your kid is struggling and how to help.
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  So,
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  I hope that you found value in it.
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  Thank you for the emails and the questions and everything that you've submitted.
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  It's been really rewarding on my end.
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  So,
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  I hope it has been for you all as well.
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  Since we're wrapping up season 3 and Parent Companion series is over,
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  I want to make you all aware of something.
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  We just this week
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  launched a book
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  called Parent Companion for Play Therapy.
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  And so if you want to find out
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  more information about the child-centered play therapy process,
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  if you want awareness and
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  and information and knowledge about what to expect
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  and how it helps
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  and what you need to know,
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  and all the things that sometimes are confusing to try to sort through,
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  and or you're considering play therapy
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  potentially,
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  and you're not really sure,
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  it's on Amazon,
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  Parent Companion for Play Therapy.
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  Check it out.
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  It will support you
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  as you are trying to support your children.
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  So,
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  a lot of what we covered in the podcast series and more
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  is in that book,
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  and it's an easy read,
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  a quick read.
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  It's not heavy,
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  it's not deep.
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  It's just an overview of everything that you need to know
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  on how to best support your child
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  as they're working with a play therapist
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  and,
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  and trying to work toward becoming a better version of themselves.
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  So,
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  Parent Companion for Play Therapy is out.
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  Go to Amazon,
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  you can search it and find it.
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  I hope that you'll check that out.
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  A lot of therapists are buying it to give out to their families,
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  but you obviously can secure your own copy if your
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  therapist is not going to provide one for you.
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  And finally,
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  as we wrap up this series,
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  I want to tease what we're
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  moving into.
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  We are going to start season 4
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  next week,
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  and season 4 of the parenting podcast is going to be
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  your questions answered.
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  So,
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  we're not going to have curriculum.
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  We're going to take a break from curriculum,
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  and I'm going to rely on y'all to submit questions
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  and concerns and things that you are wrestling with and struggling with
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  and that you're confused about related to your children and
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  your parenting and what's going on in their lives.
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  And I'm going to
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  answer y'all's questions.
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  So,
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  That said,
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  we're gonna take a little bit of a different format,
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  but that means that you all need to email me.
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  So,
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  please email me brenna@thekidcounselor.com or
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  you can call 813-812-5525.
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  And you can leave a message and I can answer your question via your message.
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  So,
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  my hope is that you all have found value in the question and
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  answer episodes that we've done in season 3 and earlier seasons as well.
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  But I really want to focus on
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  what you all
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  want me to focus on.
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  So,
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  I'm gonna take a break from content and curriculum,
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  and I really want to prioritize and focus on your needs and,
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  and where you would like to
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  have some help and some information.
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  To support you in your parenting journey.
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  So season 4 starts next week,
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  parent questions answered.
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  I would love to hear from you.
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  Please
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  help me to make that a successful season.
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  Shoot me your questions,
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  your thoughts.
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  Just say hello.
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  Doesn't matter.
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  I love to hear from you also.
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  Feel free to reach out.
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  And again,
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  thank you for walking with me on season 3.
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  It's been
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  a long season and I'm really thrilled
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  to have heard feedback from y'all.
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  I'm thrilled to have heard that it has been helpful.
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  And,
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  you know,
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  all of us are in this together.
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  I was talking about that on a call earlier today.
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  Parents
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  don't want children
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  to
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  be stuck and struggle.
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  The child does not want to be stuck in struggle,
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  and the child-centered play therapist doesn't want
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  the child to be stuck in struggle.
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  We're all on the same team.
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  We all have the same goals.
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  We're all working together toward the same outcomes.
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  And we come alongside each other and we help and we support
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  and we encourage each other.
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  And that's what
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  your relationship with your therapist is.
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  That's what your relationship with me on this podcast is.
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  We're all in this together.
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  And my vision is a world full of happy kids that become happy adults.
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  And I hope that we continue to work toward that goal
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  of happy children who become happy adults
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  because that has lifelong generational impact.
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  And it starts with what we do today.
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  So be encouraged,
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  know that I love you,
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  know that I appreciate you,
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  and we will start season 4 next week.
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  We'll see you then.
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  Bye.
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  Thank you for listening to
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  the Play Therapy Parenting Podcast with Dr. Brenna Hicks.
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  For more episodes and just subscribe to our newsletter,
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  please go to www.playtherapyparenting.com.