Rules of Thumb Podcasts

Oct 4, 2021

One of the services I offer at The Kid Counselor Center is a 10-week course called Child-Parent Relationship Therapy (CPRT). Each week of the course I cover a “rule of thumb” that is a little nugget of wisdom that gives you something to think about as you parent. Below is the compilation of all the Rules of Thumb episodes I covered in Play Therapy Parenting podcast.

“Be a thermostat, not a thermometer”

“When a child is drowning, don’t try to teach them to swim”

“Focus on the Donut, Not the Hole”

“What’s most important may not be what you do, but what you do after what you did!”

“You can’t give away what you do not possess.”

“Never Do For a Child That Which They Can Do For Themselves”

“Encourage The Effort Rather Than Praise The Product”

Common Play Therapy References:
Cochran, N., Nordling, W., & Cochran, J. (2010). Child-Centered Play Therapy (1st ed.). Wiley.
VanFleet, R., Sywulak, A. E., & Sniscak, C. C. (2010). Child-centered play therapy. Guilford Press.
Landreth, G.L. (2023). Play Therapy: The Art of the Relationship (4th ed.). Routledge.
Bratton, S. C., Landreth, G. L., Kellam, T., & Blackard, S. R. (2006). Child parent relationship therapy (CPRT) treatment manual: A 10-session filial therapy model for training parents. Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group.
Benedict, Helen. Themes in Play Therapy. Used with permission to Heartland Play Therapy Institute.

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