30 | One Of The Best Things You Can Communicate To A Child Is That They Are Competent

This episode is a play therapy principle linked to choice giving skill. Topics in this episode:

• Confidence-confidence spectrum
• The playroom is the "antidote" to a child's negative inputs
• Self-fulfilling prophesy

Podcast HQ: https://www.playtherapypodcast.com Email me: [email protected] References: Cochran, N., Nordling, W., & Cochran, J. (2010). Child-Centered Play Therapy (1st ed.). Wiley. VanFleet, R., Sywulak, A. E., & Sniscak, C. C. (2010). Child-centered play therapy. Guilford Press. Landreth, G. L. (2002). Play therapy: The art of the relationship (2nd ed.). Brunner-Routledge. Bratton, S. C., Landreth, G. L., Kellam, T., & Blackard, S. R. (2006). Child parent relationship therapy (CPRT) treatment manual: A 10-session filial therapy model for training parents. Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group. Benedict, Helen. Themes in Play Therapy. Used with permission to Heartland Play Therapy Institute.