How to Engage Reluctant Parents in Play Therapy

Next Level Play Therapy: A Podcast for Play Therapy Excellence

Have you ever felt super frustrated trying to get engagement from parents for their child’s play therapy treatment?

Feeling like you are “chasing” parents to get them to schedule an appointment with you to discuss how to help their child make progress in play therapy.

Feeling tired and a little burned out responding to phone calls, emails, or texts between play therapy sessions.

Sometimes it can be challenging to get parents to actively participate in their child’s treatment.

If this sounds familiar to you, then you are not alone.

Over the last 15 years providing play therapy supervision and consultation, there are a few things that I’ve observed play therapists doing that actually play a role in difficulty getting parents to engage in the change process.

Want some tips and strategies to get more engagement from parents in their children’s play therapy treatment?

Join me for this free weekly podcast, I’ll share four things that you can do to increase engagement of parents in the change process for their children.

These four simple things can really improve your ability to connect with parents to help them work with you more effectively to facilitate healing for their children.

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פרקים

1. Outr (00:00:00)

2. Intro (00:00:01)

3. Today's topic (00:02:43)

4. Tip #1: Identify Your Expectations (00:06:46)

5. Tip #2: Communicate Expectations Early and Clearly (00:13:49)

6. Tip #3: Recognize and Address Your Imposter Syndrome (00:18:58)

7. Tip #4: Structure Parent Sessions for Success (00:25:15)

8. Recap of today's discussion (00:33:11)

9. Resources (00:35:56)

10. Outro (00:39:03)