What’s the Best Way to Identify Themes in Play Therapy Sessions?

Next Level Play Therapy: A Podcast for Play Therapy Excellence

Have you ever struggled to figure out what exactly your clients are communicating during their play therapy sessions?

Whether you’re a new play therapist or a seasoned play therapist, identifying themes can be challenging.

Learning to recognize themes in your clients’ play therapy sessions is a great way to understand what they are communicating through their play.

That’s why I’m soooooooooooo excited to have my guest, Dr. Jodi Mullen, share her tips identifying themes in play therapy sessions. 🎉

I love her idea of conceptualizing themes in play therapy sessions as the main points in a story.

So cool, right?!!

Join us for this free weekly podcast. We’ll be sharing some valuable information to help you recognize themes in play therapy sessions.

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1. What’s the Best Way to Identify Themes in Play Therapy Sessions? (00:00:00)

2. Intro (00:00:01)

3. Today's topic (00:00:57)

4. Guest introduction - Dr. Jodi Mullen (00:02:20)

5. Tip #1: Identifying the main point of the story (00:08:21)

6. Tip #2: Consulting with parents and caregivers (00:13:54)

7. Tip #3: Giving a title to the story (00:22:18)

8. Tip #4: Utilizing sand tray figures to represent themes (00:23:11)

9. Tip #5: Teasing out words that go along with the theme (00:26:52)

10. Resources (00:29:01)

11. Outro (00:33:45)