What’s the Best Way to Work with Parents in Play Therapy?

If you’re struggling to get parents to engage with you to help their child…
Or you’re responding to “crisis” calls from parents or emails/texts telling you everything that’s going wrong with your clients…
Then you’re probably using these strategies that don’t work and don’t get the level of parent engagement that’s needed to get deep change for your clients.
These strategies may work for the highly motivated and high functioning parents but they don’t tend to work for more challenging families and parents.
And let’s be honest, we all have these clients and families on our caseloads at some point in our careers.
These mistakes are big contributors to burnout and feeling frustrated, anxious, and overwhelmed.
So using strategies that work is critical if you want to get real results for your clients.
Want to know what these mistakes are and what to do instead?
Join me for this free weekly livestream on Tuesday, June 18, 2024, at 7:00 am Pacific time (Los Angeles)/ 10:00 am Eastern time (New York)/3:00 pm UK -London time.
In this episode I’ll share my insights based on 30 years in the child and adolescent mental health field about mistakes many play therapists make and what to do that will increase the effectiveness of your play therapy services and decrease your burnout.

[@maramadawson8625]

Hi Cathy :) I am a New Zealander. A newer therapist. Have mainly worked with adults but come to enjoy working with children too. Just browsing. Thanks for the helpful video, I like your strategies ❤

[@cathispooner-renewingheart7783]

Hello! You’re welcome. I’m glad it was useful.