163 | Navigating Play Therapy with Siblings: Practical Tips for Child-Centered Play Therapists
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In this episode, I answer a listener question about working with siblings in play therapy. I share that joint sessions can be beneficial if siblings experienced the same stressful event, but recommend having individual sessions first to build rapport.
If a therapist is already seeing one sibling and the parent asks to start the other, I advise getting permission from the current child client first to preserve the relationship. If the child declines, it's best to wait until ending with the first child. I discuss scheduling options when seeing siblings individually: