Play Time: A Podcast on Children and Play Therapy: Recent Episodes
Andrew Barnett
Play Time is a podcast for child therapists, parents, and anyone else curious about children who are interested in listening to a play therapist explore the beautiful, messy and complex work of conducting child therapy. This podcast is grounded in a Child-Centered Play Therapy (CCPT) perspective, with episodes covering both concerns regarding play therapy, as well as issues related to children and their development as a whole. For more work by Andrew, check out barnettchildtherapy.com.
Playful Parenting tackles telling kids the truth this week, and discusses the complexities regarding talking to your children about some of the harsh realities in this world, and how we can learn about ourselves and grow as parents and people through the process of exploring our discomfort around these conversations.
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Do I have all the answers about children and technology? Of course not. Do I have some of the answers about children and technology? Unlikely. Have I spent enough time thinking and feeling about it that I can ramble on the topic for twenty minutes? Absolutely. Enjoy!
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Playful Parenting comes at you with this PSA to help remind you to laugh at your child the next time they are disobeying you in a way that is hilarious. It's connective, fun, and can avoid some of those pesky power struggles that feel like they go nowhere.
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Play Time is back for Season 2! This episode introduces the new season of Play Time, called 'Playful Parenting'. Missed being with you all, feels good to be back.
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Hello Playtimers, this is the last episode of Play Time. Stay subscribed if you want to see what I am up to next, I have a feeling I will make another podcast (or Season 2 of Play Time??) at some point, but I have said what I need to say for now.
Thank you for listening, thank you for writing in, and thank you for all the support. To know the podcast has been helpful in any way means the world to me, and I leave with a heart full of love.
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Everything has a shadow side, yes? Empathy included. We explore empathy through the lens of how it can destabilize an individual, and highlight the value of grounding children and ourselves in the reality of our emotions, our body, and our experience, in contrast to being fixated on how other people are doing.
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Firing a therapist is sometimes the right thing to do. We talk about the importance of client's feeling power and autonomy in the therapeutic relationship, and then without getting into do's and don'ts, get into the sometimes complex question of getting the state involved when working with children.
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On this very 78th episode, we take a look at being a parent in the modern world, name the trends towards deeper respect for emotions in both children and adults, and talking about working with parents with various systems of values and beliefs regarding parenting and how we can support all families as therapists regardless of their values regarding childhood and child rearing. Enjoy!
Books named in this episode include:
'For Your Own Good' by Alice Miller
'The History of Childhood' by Lloyd de Mause
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On this one we name the value of connective and playful time with children, and of the instinctive ability of parents and caregivers to make aspects of life a game for children, as a way to help adults cultivate playfulness and game like qualities into life. We also take a detour into how to turn your own life as an adult into a game, and the potential benefits of it.
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For the second anniversary of Play Time, we open up the mailbag to answer some questions about helping students in school who are having a hard time, and also discuss the value of a free and protected space, and how to create it.
The book mentioned in the episode was 'Sandplay: A psychotherapeutic Approach to the Psyche' by Dora Kalff.
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People get divorced all the time, and families separate all the time. These events are often discussed as being 'traumatic' in the life of a child, which can be the case, but is it always? Is it appropriate to put divorce in the same category as child abuse or other traumatic events? Play Time's stance is a firm 'no'. Give it a listen if you're curious why.
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Children are brought to therapy by adults for all sorts of reasons, but from the child's perspective, the biggest problem they often face on a day to day basis is boredom. So let's talk about it!
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As a field, we talk a whole heck of a lot about attachment these days, and with good reason, but emotional autonomy is not only an aspect of secure attachment but it is both the bedrock of being child-centered as well as a firm foundation for children to be able to develop their unique identity and move through their unique journey in this world.
And some placebo stuff as mentioned in the fictional advertisement:
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The book mentioned in the podcast was, 'A Way to the Soul of the Mentally Ill' by Gertrude Schwing. It is a little hard to find cheap, but well worth it.
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Of course we hope as adults that children are learning from us (and they are, constantly, whether we like it or not) but what do we learn from them? What knowledge can we gain about ourselves and our relationship to the world through spending time with children? The answer is all kinds of knowledge! And I would name more, but at this point you might as well just check out the episode.
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Should we always honor children with their feelings? Is it possible that through being child-centered that we are actually creating little monsters who have little to no impulse control and who wreak havoc on their environments with their nefarious ways? Find out on this episode of Play Time, where we explore the dark side of being child-centered.....
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Let's chat about something that has been sorely lacking in 2020....joy! Children benefit on all levels when adults are enjoying their company, and on this Play Time, we dive into the very beautiful reality that we are entrusted with the privilege of spending time with children and can truly be at out best when we are grateful for the opportunity to get to know children so well and so deeply through spending consistent, quality time with them.
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As adults, we encourage children to have relationships with different magical beings. On this episode, we dive into Santa, and explore what children might learn through our current conception of Santa Claus, as well as what other ways of connecting to children in the magical world they exist in could look like to harness the full benefits and wonder of co-existing with children in a magical space.
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How does one go about helping a child be more oriented to their space? To cultivating an ability to notice when a space is messy, or when they are being disruptive? How do we help children navigate the complexities of the material world, and assist them in tuning back into their imagination and creativity when they feel out of whack?
Children naturally guide us back into helping them simply through their questions and observations, and this Play Time explores the value of meeting them in that space.
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Play is light enough, free enough, and distanced enough from reality to be capable of handling any pain or difficulty, and is therefore a safe space for children to be able to approach topics that can feel too heavy to discuss in conversation. On this Play Time, we appreciate play for its ability to allow children to explore all elements of their experience.
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We often talk about children in terms of their struggles with anger, emotion regulation, and their conflicts with authority and peers, but rarely do we focus on a child's relationship to forgiveness, what forgiveness looks like in a child's home and school life, and how we can cultivate forgiveness inside of children through creating a culture of forgiveness in our relationships with them. So let's talk about it now!
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As therapists we all spend a fair amount of time speculating on how children and people come to struggle, but what exactly is the relationship between understanding why someone is struggling and finding a cure for the struggle? How does understanding a child's struggle inform our ability to treat children? And are there cures to be found in the explanations we come up with?
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This week, we go back to basics to talk about witnessing, how it is a foundational skill that can be used in therapy with kids both online and in person, and how feeling witnessed is one of the greatest gifts we can offer to children as part of the therapeutic process.
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On this episode, we tackle boundaries, naming how children naturally have boundaries, and the importance of respecting children's boundaries when we can and even learning as adults how we can cultivate better boundaries for ourselves by witnessing and honoring children's limits with who or what they choose to connect to.
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On this episode, we tackle talking with children about the election, and how the confrontation with ourselves as adults as we consider what we want to pass on to children can allow for deeper connection to our own values and less focus on whatever vitriol we feel towards those who disagree with us.
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On this one we compare purgatory and therapy, and name the uniqueness of every child's play and how the internal frictions that often arise in that play are important in terms of them having a confrontation with themselves and evolving towards something new.
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On this episode of Play Time, we talk about self awareness as a goal of therapy, and how it can be the foundation for emotional development for children in a multitude of areas.
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On this episode, we talk about the seriousness of play, both in terms of its value for the developing child, but also in the context of how seriously children take their play, and the importance of a container and a set of rules inside of the play in order to foster deeper levels of depth, development, and engagement.
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On this episode of Play Time, we take a look at punishments and rewards and ask if there might be a different way, with more potential for growth on the part of the child, to go about raising children.
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On this episode, we rip open the Play Time mailbag for the first time before venturing into consent, how consent creates an atmosphere of mutual respect between adult and child, and also talk about the times when we give children choices when we actually have a choice that we want them to make, and the relationship damage that can be caused by doing so.
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On this episode, we contrast using the diagnostic language of complexes rather than disorders, and dive into viewing and treating children as if they are possessed by something inside of them, in contrast to seeing them as inherently damaged or disordered, and how we can use the wisdom of spiritual traditions who have worked with the 'possessed' in our work with children.
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On this episode, we take a look at abstract art and how it can be used to foster love in children for their creative energy, provide them the creative freedom to explore new aspects of themselves, and develop love for their creative energy, which can serve them in the future in becoming dynamic individuals capable of manifesting meaningful change in our increasingly fragmented world.
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On this episode of Play Time, we tackle the diagnosis of Attention-Defecit Hyperactivity Disorder, explore attention and focus from a child-centered lens, and name the reality of how little many children care for school, and ways we can approach children differently who are struggling with attention.
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On this episode, we take a look at the placebo effect, and how we can utilize the power of the mind in our sessions with children and our conversations with caregivers to provide a foundation of intention and hopefulness in working with children.
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On this Play Time, we approach two blocks to being able to connect and view children through a lens of curiosity, one being the idea that stability and routine are inherently beneficial to children, and the other being the myth of chemical imbalance as a rationale for disregulated behavior and unwanted emotions.
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On this episode, we use gardening as a lens to frame both working with children in therapy as well as parenting children, and draw what are hopefully illuminating parallels between raising people and raising plants.
As always, contact me at barnettchildtherapy@gmail.com if you would like and check out barnettchildtherapy.com to see more of my work, including children's books!
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On this episode, we discuss healing and growth in terms of being a spiral in contract to a closed circle, and aim to challenge the concept of linear growth and hold up the idea that growth is a circular process, and that what we are looking for is what are often small and subtle differences when children cycle back towards difficult feelings and behaviors.
As always, contact me at barnettchildtherapy@gmail.com if you would like and check out barnettchildtherapy.com to see more of my work, including children's books!
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On this episode of Play Time, we talk about children and technology use approaching the topic through the lens of addiction.
As always, I can be reached at barnettchildtherapy@gmail.com. Check out barnettchildtherapy.com for more audio, video, and to learn about the Child-Centered Children's Book series.
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On this Play Time, we name the reality of racism as a mental health disorder, explore what some of the destructive effects of being racist entail, and cast some shade at the helping professions for pathologizing anxiety and depression but refusing to pathologize hate.
As always, I can be reached at barnettchildtherapy@gmail.com. Check out barnettchildtherapy.com for more audio, video, and to learn about the Child-Centered Children's Book series.
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On this Play Time, we take a look at tears through the lens of seeing them as sources for new growth, insight, and healing.
As always, I can be reached at barnettchildtherapy@gmail.com. Check out barnettchildtherapy.com for more audio, video, and to learn about the Child-Centered Children's Book series.
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On this episode of Play Time, we take a look at children through the lens of research which shows remarkable similarities between the brain states of children and babies and the brain states of those taking substances which are currently being utilized to treat PTSD and complex trauma.
As always, I can be reached at barnettchildtherapy@gmail.com. Check out barnettchildtherapy.com for more audio, video, and to learn about the Child-Centered Children's Book series.
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On this episode of Play Time, we discuss what in psychology we normally pathologize as 'visual and auditory hallucinations' and name a different way of going about working with children who experience these phenomena.
As always, I can be reached at barnettchildtherapy@gmail.com. Check out barnettchildtherapy.com for more audio, video, and to learn about the Child-Centered Children's Book series.
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On this episode, we take a look at how child therapy can be guilty of fostering systems of oppression and racism, and expose the shadow side of our profession in order to understand what we are capable of at our worst.
As always, I can be reached at barnettchildtherapy@gmail.com. Check out barnettchildtherapy.com for more audio, video, and to learn about the Child-Centered Children's Book series.
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On this episode, we take a look at emotions through the lens of 'respiration', name the 'inhale' and 'exhale' of the cycle of emotions, and aim to identify the times when children and all of us get stuck somewhere in that cycle, and how we can help liberate children from the experience of not having dynamic flow in their emotional lives.
As always, I can be reached at barnettchildtherapy@gmail.com. Check out barnettchildtherapy.com for more audio, video, and to learn about the Child-Centered Children's Book series.
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On this episode, we take a look at emotional wounds, normalize the experience of pain for all of us, and tackle naming what it is that occurs when the self-actualizing principle of the self is given the facilitation to activate and heal emotional damage.
As always, I can be reached at barnettchildtherapy@gmail.com. Check out barnettchildtherapy.com for more audio, video, and to learn about the Child-Centered Children's Book series.
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On this episode, we tackle research in psychology and child therapy, name the difficulties researchers have had in replicating studies in the field of psychology, and attempt to ground our work with children in the lived experience of healing that happens in child therapy.
As always, I can be reached at barnettchildtherapy@gmail.com. Check out barnettchildtherapy.com for more audio, video, and to learn about the Child-Centered Children's Book series.
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On this episode, we take a look at the value for children of being connected to the reality of their own experience, both emotional and otherwise, and also the benefits of allowing children into our own world as adults to both normalize emotional difficulties as well as building empathy and a knowledge of the complexity of other people's experience.
As always, I can be reached at barnettchildtherapy@gmail.com. Check out barnettchildtherapy.com for more audio, video, and to learn about the Child-Centered Children's Book series.
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On this one, we take a look at the question of how the adults in a child's world go about determining whether a child is in need of therapeutic treatment, which is a more loaded question than it would seem.....
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On this episode, we tackle love and fear, name the distinction between acting from a place of love and acting from a place of fear, and highlight the necessity of the felt experience of love for all of us, and especially for children, in this trying time.
As always, I can be reached at barnettchildtherapy@gmail.com. Check out barnettchildtherapy.com for more audio, video, and to learn about the Child-Centered Children's Book series.
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On this episode, we explore the new waters of telehealth therapy, including resistance on the part of clinician's to telehealth and what is behind that, what changes we might have to make in how we conduct sessions, and the mindset we can have going into working therapeutically with children in a new format.
As always, I can be reached at barnettchildtherapy@gmail.com. Check out barnettchildtherapy.com for more audio, video, and to learn about the Child-Centered Children's Book series.
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On this Play Time, we discuss how conversations with children are often not helpful and reemphasize the value of play as the child being able to liberate themselves from the projections and emotions they have become locked into, and through that liberation discovering new parts of themselves and developing a new relationship to the world.
As always, I can be reached at barnettchildtherapy@gmail.com. Check out barnettchildtherapy.com for more audio, video, and to learn about the Child-Centered Children's Book series.
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On this episode of Play Time, we tackle the individuality of each child we see, how we go about helping them cultivate a relationship to their feelings, thoughts, and body to help them connect to themselves, and discuss how each child's individual path towards wholeness and health is their own. We also dip briefly into issues regarding school for little ones at home during this time, and what benefits can be found in isolation.
As always, I can be reached at barnettchildtherapy@gmail.com. Check out barnettchildtherapy.com for more audio, video, and to learn about the Child-Centered Children's Book series.
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On this episode of Play Time, we tackle talking with children about everything that is going on with the coronavirus, how we can coregulate with our children to ease their anxiety, and provide meaning to the social restrictions and hygiene rituals needed to help keep everyone safe.
I had some audio hiccups with this one, so apologize for the recording quality, but wanted to get something out there.
As always, I can be reached at barnettchildtherapy@gmail.com.
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On this episode of Play Time, we take a look at empathy, and how one goes about cultivating empathy in oneself and others.
As always, I can be reached at barnettchildtherapy@gmail.com. Check out barnettchildtherapy.com for more audio, video, and to learn about the Child-Centered Children's Book series.
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On this episode of Play Time, we explore children's projections in session, both in the ways they project onto the play and also onto the therapeutic relationship, and how this provides a window into their internal world. We also take a look at how children's projections into the room shift over time, and how to view these shifts through the lens of their development as a person.
As always, I can be reached at barnettchildtherapy@gmail.com. Check out barnettchildtherapy.com for more audio, video, and to learn about the Child-Centered Children's Book series.
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On this episode of Play Time, we explore children lying both inside and outside of the playroom, conceptualize reasons why they may be doing this, and go about naming how we as adults can help support the little ones in our world when they are struggling with their relationship to the truth.
As always, I can be reached at barnettchildtherapy@gmail.com. Check out barnettchildtherapy.com for more audio, video, and to learn about the child-centered children's book series.
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On this episode of Play Time, we tackle expressive arts in play therapy, explore some ways to go about facilitating the use of art for helping children, and name the therapeutic value of art generally, and of abstract art in particular.
As always, I can be reached at barnettchildtherapy@gmail.com. Check out barnettchildtherapy.com for more audio, video, and to learn about the child-centered children's book series.
And here is the link to the Abstract Art Workshop, which I said you could use the promo code to make it $5, but I changed it to make it that much for everybody regardless of promo code: https://gum.co/VZsKB
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Are you annoyed when children use baby talk? Does it concern you when a child in your care, whether in therapy or otherwise, stops talking, engages in regressive behaviors, or begins crawling around on the floor? Fear not! On this episode of Play Time, we tackle all things regression, discuss appropriate application of developmental stages, and name the value of regression and return for little ones in their healing journey.
As always, I can be reached at barnettchildtherapy@gmail.com. Check out barnettchildtherapy.com for more audio, video, and to learn about the child-centered children's book series.
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On this episode of Play Time, we discuss all things tantrums, meltdowns, hissy-fits, and whatever you want to call those times when children 'lose it'. We also talk about the cycle of breakdowns, how we can help support the kiddos in our world both in and out of the play room when they are struggling, and provide them with the support necessary to lessen the intensity of those breakdowns moving forward.
As always, I can be reached at barnettchildtherapy@gmail.com. Check out barnettchildtherapy.com for more audio, video, and to learn about the child-centered children's book series.
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On this episode of Play Time, we dive into the process of Child-Centered Play Therapy, name what that process is, and discuss difficulties clinicians can have in holding and believing in the power of play and relationship which is the bedrock of healing for children.
As always, I can be reached at barnettchildtherapy@gmail.com. Check out barnettchildtherapy.com for more audio, video, and to learn about the child-centered children's book series.
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On this episode of Play Time, we explore authority figures, and how we hold our authority as play therapists inside of the play room. We also take a look at children's relationship to authority, and spell out how to be an authority figure for children that is rooted in helping children develop and come into themselves.
The ideas regarding authority for this episode were taken from Erich Fromm, and specifically from his book 'The Sane Society'.
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On this episode of Play Time, we take a harder look at confidentiality, specifically within the confines of a play therapy relationship, where we navigate respecting the child's play and time as their own while also communicating with the adults in a child's world regarding the child and how they can best be supported and loved moving forward. We want the adults in a child's life to better understand the child, but this can be difficult to do while also respecting the child's autonomy and their right to have a therapeutic space that is their own.
As always, I can be reached at barnettchildtherapy@gmail.com. Check out barnettchildtherapy.com for more audio, video, and to learn about the child-centered children's book series.
New content is available through Patreon, including a new bonus episode to be released in December regarding Expressive Art Therapy! Click the support the show link to learn more.
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On this episode of Play Time, we chat with Jade Tremblay, who is one of the creators of the card game 'Totem', a game which fosters empathy and personal growth. The interview covers his reasons for making the game, what makes the game unique, and the value Jade places on his own personal growth.
To check out the game, head to totemteam.com to learn more and pick up your own copy. Using promo code 'PLAYTIMEPOD' can save you 10%, and also supports the show.
As always, I can be reached at barnettchildtherapy@gmail.com. Check out barnettchildtherapy.com for more audio, video, and to learn about the child-centered children's book series.
New content is available through Patreon, including a new bonus episode to be released in December regarding Expressive Art Therapy! Click the support the show link to learn more.
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On this episode of Play Time, we take a harder look at the times when children play out situations that can seem violent, aggressive, and hateful, and explore what the point and purpose is behind this kind of play from children, and the sort of perspective and awareness we need to have as child therapists and adults in terms of allowing children the space to move through these more difficult expressions of themselves.
As always, I can be reached at barnettchildtherapy@gmail.com. Check out barnettchildtherapy.com for more audio, video, and to learn about the child-centered children's book series.
New content is available through Patreon, including a new bonus episode to be released in December regarding Expressive Art Therapy! Click the support the show link to learn more.
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On this episode of Play Time, Hannah Baker, LPCA comes on to chat all things attachment, including how she views clients through an attachment lens, and the importance of clinicians recognizing their own attachment styles and how they connect with their clients.
As always, I can be reached at barnettchildtherapy@gmail.com. Check out barnettchildtherapy.com for more audio, video, and to learn about the child-centered children's book series.
New content is available through Patreon! Click the support the show link to learn more. A bonus episode on Expressive Art therapy will be available in December for Patreon supporters.
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On this episode of Play Time, we unpack the problems with praise, name not praising as a fundamental value of play therapy, and explore different ways to interact with children in order to boost their self concept and support their development as a person.
As always, I can be reached at barnettchildtherapy@gmail.com. Check out barnettchildtherapy.com for more audio, video, and to learn about the child-centered children's book series.
New content is available through Patreon! Click the support the show link to learn more.
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On this episode of Play Time, we take a look at the problems with diagnosis, how it can be dehumanizing to children, and describe the overall process of how people get diagnosed in mental health.
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This is a special episode for the Child-Centered children's book, 'I Get Mad'. Included in the pod are reasons for writing the book, naming the power and potential of anger, and disputing the notion that anger is a 'secondary emotion'.
You can find the book at the link below:
Link to the book
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On this episode of Play Time, we tackle self disclosure from therapists to children in session, and wrestle with when, if ever, it is appropriate to self disclose to children, especially in the context of a child-centered play therapy session.
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And here's a link for the book 'On Sharing': https://www.amazon.com/dp/168730940X/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=on+sharing+andrew+barnett+book&qid=1567098234&s=gateway&sr=8-2
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On this episode of Play Time, we take a look at silence as a therapeutic tool as well as a way to express reverence for the healing that takes place inside the playroom. Silence is also discussed as an important part of a child's life that is often missing in the environments they spend time in.
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On this episode of Play Time, we take a look at the dark side of coping skills, and how the promotion of these skills can sometimes serve to invalidate a child's emotional experience, and does not provide them with the trust that they can handle and move through whatever is coming up for them.
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I've also got a child-centered children's book out titled: 'On Sharing'! You can check out the book and other things at barnettchildtherapy.com.
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On this episode of Play Time, we tackle resistance from children about coming to therapy. What do we do when a child resists? What does it bring up for us as clinicians? And how can we continue the child-centered process of respecting a person who does not want to spend time with us?
This question was sent in by a listener, and I do my best to address it.
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This is a special episode to coincide with the release of my first children's book, 'On Sharing'. The episode talks about children and sharing, names the core struggle for children regarding sharing, and provides empathy building and examples for parents to use with their kids for whom sharing is a struggle. Enjoy!
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On this episode of Play Time, we explore limits in session, how they promote self efficacy inside of the clients we see, and why the limits we don't set are just as important as the limits we do set.
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On this episode of Play Time, we cover vicarious traumatization. Vicarious traumatization is when helping professionals take on some of the trauma and pain of the clients they see as they are empathetically connecting with them to help them heal. We explore why this is a particular difficulty for play therapists, and what play therapists can do to ameliorate the effects of working with individuals with trauma.
Ideas regarding post-traumatic play were based on reading Eliana Gil's 'Posttraumatic Play in Children- What Clinicians Need to Know' which is wonderful. I've left a link to it below:
https://www.guilford.com/books/Posttraumatic-Play-in-Children/Eliana-Gil/9781462528820/reviews
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On this episode of Play Time, we tackle working with families in session, both exploring some of the ways we can structure our sessions with the adults in the child's world, and also some of the goals for us to keep in mind as clinicians as we go about treating the family system.
Some therapists mentioned in this episode are R.D. Laing, with selections from his work, 'The Politics of the Family', as well as the work of Eliana Gil, and her work with families and attachment issues using Theraplay.
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On this episode of Play Time, we dive into one of the bedrocks of everything we do as child-centered play therapists: unconditional positive regard. We explore what this radical form of acceptance is, why it is important, and how we go about the work of cultivating the ability to consistently accept the children we see in session.
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On this episode of Play Time, we take a look at what being child-centered means, and what it looks like for clinicians and others to embody child-centered principles in their day-to-day lives.
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On this episode of Play Time, we tackle emotional development in the playroom. Some topics from this podcast, including anger, and moving through emotions, have been covered in some form on previous podcasts, and this episode is an attempt to name what emotional development is from a child-centered perspective, and how we help foster emotional growth for the child in session.
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On this episode of Play Time, we take a look at what it is like for a child coming into therapy, and name some of the difficulties in explaining therapy to children regardless of the modality used. Children are most often forced to come into therapy, and this creates a far different experience for the child than for adults who are most likely voluntarily coming in for treatment.
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On this episode of Play Time, we dive into competitive play, explore it's value, and discuss how competition is an unavoidable part of all children's lives, and the importance of children developing a healthy relationship with competition and comparison.
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On this episode of Play Time, we dive into those times when play doesn't make as much sense, when the rules and roles are shifting, and what that means for the client and their therapeutic process. Elements of Jungian Psychology, in particular the use of dreams, is used to help bring more clarity around what confusing or chaotic play can tell us about where the client is at in relationship to themselves and to their internal world.
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In this episode of Play Time, we explore the times when children ask us to participate in a role inside of their play, and the complications that come with embodying a character fully while also allowing the play to be led completely by the child inside of the play room. Acting and role playing in session demands a lot from the clinician, and we look at some of the complications that come up with role playing, and what we can keep in mind as clinicians to help as make these scenarios as therapeutic for the children we work with as possible.
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On this episode of Play Time, we tackle the relationship between feelings and the body, explore children's relationships to their feelings, and consider the most effective ways to help a child move through their emotional experiences.
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On this episode of Play Time, we dive into figuring out what play is, how play is an integral part of our lives, the value of a child being able to play, and the empathy, awareness, and respect of self and others which is an inherent part of the play experience. Much of this podcast was inspired by Johan Huizonga's book 'Homo Ludens', which explores the relationship between humans and play.
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Each episode of Play Time is based around a different topic related to Child-Centered Play Therapy. In this one, we take a look at aggression from clients in session, and the different challenges play therapists face in dealing with aggression in the play room. The first part of the podcast talks about what the aim of this podcast is, before diving into the topic of aggression.
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