32 | My Playroom Was Absolutely Destroyed By A Client (A Debrief, And How I Handled It)

Episode summary

Last week I had, arguably, the most challenging session with a child that I've ever had to deal with. I've had a lot of questions from listeners about how to handle aggressive play, so I thought this would be good to debrief with you to explain how child-centered play therapy works in this situation. These are the topics I discuss in this episode: A summary of my session Mess-making play Anger and aggression masks vulnerability Holding and/or restraining How to personally/internally handle something like this How to discuss what happened with parents