Nov 7, 2025
S3E12 – Parent Companion for Play Therapy: Moving Toward the Middle-How Parent and Child Growth Connect In this episode of the Parent Companion for Play Therapy series, I talk about how parents and children move toward each other during the play therapy process...
Oct 29, 2025
S3E11 – Parent Companion for Play Therapy: Seeing Behavior as Communication In this episode of the Parent Companion for Play Therapy series, I talk about how we interpret our children’s behavior — and why it’s so important to see behavior as communication. I...
Oct 28, 2025
S3E10 – Handling Power Struggles and Big Feelings the Child-Centered Way In this episode, I answer a listener question from Lisa about how play therapy helps when parents aren’t in the room — and how to handle power struggles and aggression at home in a...
Oct 21, 2025
S3E9 – Parent Companion for Play Therapy: Four Universal Outcomes of Child-Centered Play Therapy In this episode of the Parent Companion for Play Therapy series, I explain the four universal outcomes of child-centered play therapy — the lifelong benefits every...
Oct 17, 2025
S3E8 – When Kids Won’t Sleep Alone or Panic at School Drop-Off: A Parent’s Guide to Separation Anxiety In this episode, I answer a listener question from Ellie, a mom navigating separation anxiety with her 9- and 7-year-old children. We unpack the root of...
Oct 15, 2025
S3E7 – Parent Companion for Play Therapy: How Symbolic and Thematic Play Reveal What Children Are Working Through (and Why Parents Should Understand It) In this episode of the Parent Companion for Play Therapy series, I explain one of the most important parts of...
