Jun 14, 2024
S2E16 – Helping Adopted Siblings Thrive: Play Therapy Parenting Pillars In this episode, I answer a question from Gaer in the UK about her two adopted sons, ages 3 and 9, who are both starting play therapy to help with anxiety and emotional dysregulation....
Jun 3, 2024
S2E15 – Keeping Your Relationship with Your Child at the Center of Parenting In this episode, I talk about how the relationship with your child is the most important thing, even more important than the specific parenting skills and techniques we’ve been...
May 17, 2024
S2E14 – Encouragement: The Easiest and Most Effective Parenting Tool You Can Use Every Day In today’s episode, I discuss the importance of encouragement and how it differs from praise when it comes to parenting. Encouragement is all about focusing on your...
May 8, 2024
S2E13 – Gentle Parenting vs. Child-Centered Play Therapy Parenting: Which Path Leads to Better Outcomes? In this episode, I address a listener’s question about gentle parenting and whether it has gone too far. I discuss the principles of gentle parenting...
May 1, 2024
S2E12 – Applying Limit Setting at Home: Effective Strategies for Every Day Parenting In today’s episode of the Play Therapy Parenting Podcast, we’re diving into the practical application of the “limit setting” pillar in daily parenting....
Apr 25, 2024
S2E11 – Using the Choice-Giving Skill at Home: The Key to Reducing Power Struggles In this episode, I discuss how to practically apply the “choice giving” pillar from the child-centered play therapy parenting framework. I cover two types of choices...
