If your intake sessions, parent only sessions, or child therapy sessions don’t include some of the following comments from parents, you might not be a child therapist. It is SO common for parents to want and request things for their child like:
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How many times have you watched kids create a block creation in the playroom? If you said “more than I can count”, well…. same. Whether it is blocks, legos, magnatiles, or cards there is one thing in common for every sturdy and tall standing tower - a secure and stable base.
And this is true for implementing parenting skills too! 
One thing I hear parents say often is “well… I can’t [insert consequence here] because he will just get mad and have a meltdown”.
The consequence can be anywhere from not having bike riding privileges when a child has broken the rule and gone outside the agreed upon boundaries to losing screen time in the morning when they are constantly 20 minutes late getting out the door because they can’t transition off their technology. 
Do you ever feel like you have 5,403 tabs open in your brain? As a therapist it’s not only coming to each session present and with the appropriate skill set and materials but also all the things that happen outside of the session that need to get done in a day.
I’m talking about returning emails, processing paperwork, ordering supplies (fingers crossed the Starbucks Cinnamon Dolce K Cups will last through the week) AND not to mention you can’t forget to order those pipe cleaners for that one project yet again! |
Hi, there!I'm Ann Meehan, an LPCC, 
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