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Child Centered Play Therapy can be amazing, intense, and there are definitely no two sessions that are exactly alike. But….then how do you make sense of it all? What were they actually communicating? How do you know if they are making progress?! Check out the three ways you can identify if what a client is playing is actually a play theme!

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MMHS Play Therapy Guide To Identifying Play Themes.pdf - Google Drive

Finding Fairies is a top favorite amongst the kids I work with! It is such a helpful activity I always keep with me when I feel stuck in what to do next or to just take the pressure off of being in "therapy." This play therapy activity is so great because kids start communicating without…

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