What happens in your playroom when toys break?
If you are a play therapist this happens from anywhere to on the regular to at least 1-2x per year depending on the ages and populations you see. Some toys get stepped on, some wear out, others are lost to rough and tumble play. It happens. So what next?
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Have you ever had one of these sessions?
A child gets out one of your dollhouses followed by all the furniture, people, characters, and accessories. As the next 45 minutes tick by they spend the entire session setting up everything. The beds, the bathroom, the living room, the kitchen and all the accessories. Then it’s rearranging so everything is just perfect. Why This Wasn't What Everyone Thought It Was: When Interpreting Play Themes, Context Is Key5/8/2024 
Picture this.
You are at a birthday party for a bunch of five year olds. Of course the setting is somewhere that supports big motor skills of running, jumping, and playing! And then? It’s finally time to eat pizza and cut the cake. And juuuust as everyone is sitting down to eat you hear one of the kids start singing “Bad boys, bad boys whatcha gonna do? Whatcha gonna do when they come for you?” 
I want to blow the lid off of this one sandtray myth: Sandtrays need to be still.
Yup! When I first started doing work in Sandtray at the beginning of my career I felt like if the tray and figures weren’t perfectly set up, and still, just like I saw in all the trainings, demos, and text books that it wasn’t a legitimate Sandtray. |
Hi, there!I'm Ann Meehan, an LPCC, 
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