319 | Art of the Session: Empowerment on the Way to the Playroom

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You're listening to the Play Therapy Podcast with Dr. Brenna Hicks,

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your source for centered and focused play therapy coaching.

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Hi,

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I'm Dr. Brenna Hicks,

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The Kid Counselor.

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This is the Play Therapy Podcast where you get

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and practical support and application for your

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work with children and their families.

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In today's episode,

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we are continuing the Art of the Session series.

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So our second,

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I guess our 2.0

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summer school series,

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but this one is Art of the Session.

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And I hope that you,

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I know this is only the 3rd one,

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so maybe you haven't connected the dots yet,

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so I'll connect them for you.

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I'm hoping that you have seen

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that we are literally starting at the beginning and doing the progression.

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So first episode in the series was making sure your playroom was set up.

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Then it was interacting with

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your client

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slash child and parent slash customer in the lobby.

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Now

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today we're talking about heading toward the playroom,

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not once inside the playroom yet,

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that'll come,

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but this is what do we do as we're heading back to the playroom.

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I've noticed in a lot of videos that I've been reviewing lately

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and a lot of discussions in the coaching and the Collective.

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That

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people understand in general

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what CCPT is,

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and people understand the clinical side,

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the skills.

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But what seems to be missing

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is the nuanced

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components

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of the process.

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So that's really what I'm trying to accomplish with this Art of the Session series

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is that

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there's awareness of what

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we're supposed to be doing

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at every point along the way.

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So that's what I'm hoping

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you're,

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you'll see this all come together.

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So today,

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heading to the playroom.

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What does that look like?

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How are we to be interacting as we're walking back from the lobby

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to

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actually moving into the playroom?

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One of the helpful things that I've

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done and I've trained my therapists to do.

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Is after you have that lobby interaction like we talked about in the last episode,

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then I typically say to the child,

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I'm ready if you are.

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I have often said,

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I wonder if you're ready to go play,

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but I think I tend to more often than not say,

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I'm ready if you are,

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and that indicates to the child that

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it's time to go play.

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Now,

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here's what you need to know before we dive into my process.

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We're going to get into

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the four pillars,

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we're going to get into the reflective responses.

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We're going to look at those in light of what does that mean

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in the play session,

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how are those executed,

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what's the outcome,

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what's the purpose,

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what's the why?

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I know we've covered the skills before,

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but we've not covered them in light of being in a session

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with a child as part of the process from start to finish.

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So we're going to look at all of those,

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but here's what we're talking about today.

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When you think about

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choices,

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we know that choice giving is one of our pillars.

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When you think about choices,

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there are two different kinds,

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we're gonna dive into that more deeply.

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It is very difficult

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to provide empowerment choices in a session.

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is possible,

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it is just difficult.

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The circumstances are not ideal for being

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able to offer empowerment choices frequently.

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However,

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it is easy to work empowerment choices into your approaching the playroom process.

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we're also going to talk about the consistency

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and the predictability of the entire process.

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So this goes into that constancy that we provide as well.

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But what we're talking about today are offering empowerment choices

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as part of your standard routine every single week.

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All right,

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so let's start diving into this.

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As you

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have spent time in the lobby,

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as you're ready to walk back,

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you now have said,

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I'm ready if you are,

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the child says,

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yep,

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let's go,

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and we start walking back to the playroom.

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that's where we are in the process.

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Empowerment choices are worked in.

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So that the child gets practice making choices,

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so that it's consistent every single time,

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and so we're not hoping for opportunities in the playroom.

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The way we have found this to work

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for us where they choose to wash their hands,

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for example.

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Our policy is clean hands going in,

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clean hands coming out.

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So therefore,

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every kid washes their hands before the start of every playtime

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and they wash their hands at the end of every playtime.

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Therefore,

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we have an empowerment choice.

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You can choose to wash your hands in the bathroom or

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you can choose to wash your hands in the playroom,

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which do you choose?

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Many of you do not have sinks in your playrooms,

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so maybe your choice becomes you can choose to wash

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your hands or you can choose to use hand sanitizer,

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which do you choose?

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Ironically,

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we also have sanitizer,

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that's,

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do we typically say wash your hands in the bathroom or the playroom,

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you can choose to wash your hands in the bathroom or

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you can choose to use sanitizer to clean your hands,

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which do you choose?

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One of my former coaching participants is in

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the UK and she's in the school environment,

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and Lee does not have a sink anywhere near

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her playroom.

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She has to take the child from the classroom to the playroom

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and so she has two separate bottles of hand sanitizer.

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I actually have a current participant that also

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has 2 bottles of sanitizer in the room.

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So this is another option.

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And so for Lee in the UK in the school,

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for example,

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she,

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I don't know if she put one on there.

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I don't know exactly what the circumstances are,

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there's animals on the bottles.

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So she offers,

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you can choose to use the sanitizer with the

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giraffe,

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or you can choose to use the sanitizer with the zebra,

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which do you choose?

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giraffe and zebra in in her case,

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look,

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I,

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I am,

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uh,

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I,

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I possess some skills in some things,

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but accents are not one of them,

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so I apologize to all of you Brits that just butchered your beautiful language.

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Anyway,

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so

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she offers the animal,

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you can choose to use the zebra or the giraffe.

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I don't even know if those are the animals,

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but you get the concept.

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this becomes a routine

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part of every single walking back to the playroom.

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How are you going to clean your hands?

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Another option that you can work in.

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If you are not on the first floor of a building,

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for example,

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I know many of you are not.

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You can

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give the choice of,

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you can choose for us to do the stairs or you can choose for us to do the elevator,

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which do you choose?

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Another option,

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you can choose to push the buttons for the elevator or you

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can choose for me to push the buttons for the elevator,

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which do you choose?

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Another option for us,

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for example,

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we have

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a hallway down both sides of the building from the lobby.

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So when you walk into our lobby,

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there's a right door and there's a left door,

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and it makes one big square.

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So one of the options is you can choose to go down the right door to

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the playroom or you can choose to go down the left door to the playroom,

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which do you choose?

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All,

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all roads lead to the playroom.

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It's just which

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counterclockwise or clockwise direction you happen to be moving.

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Another empowerment choice.

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The one that we consistently every single time use

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is how they choose to wash their hands.

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But sometimes we provide other ones that I'm throwing out for you.

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Another option,

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how they choose to get back to the playroom.

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So once they've

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decided on their hallway or their path,

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you can choose to skip to the playroom or you can choose to hop to the playroom,

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which do you choose?

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one of my current client's cases,

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it is he takes his shoes off and he runs in his socks

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about as far down the hallway as he can get

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to leave himself with enough room

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to slide on his knees

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the rest of the way down the hallway all the way

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to the door and then he comes back to the playroom.

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So he actually passes the playroom.

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Sliding on his knees and his socks all the way

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down and then turns around and then walks back in.

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But starts at the door and like sprints as fast

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as he can until he leaves himself enough room to

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to do like the

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Tom Cruise slide in whatever dance movie that was.

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Anyway.

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So the,

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the options that you're providing with two kids

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are for empowerment and let's go back to why does this matter?

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We know the value of giving choices.

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We know how important

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the child practicing making choices and taking the responsibility and ownership.

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Of those choices,

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but in the playroom session it is

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very difficult to consistently have empowerment choices,

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so we might as well work it into our system.

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Now the system itself is important.

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We're going to talk about that

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probably next time actually

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we have to have consistency and.

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Predictability and stability for the child that is a monumental crucial component

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of our work in child-centered play therapy.

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Kids need to know what to expect.

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So yes,

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we're going to be a broken record.

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Yes,

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we're going to say the same thing every time,

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but that's intentional

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and there's purpose behind it.

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And here's the thing,

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when you do the same exact choice

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every single week.

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At some point,

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with most kids,

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you get about 2 or 3 words in

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as you're walking back,

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you can choose,

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I know,

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I know,

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I know,

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I'm choosing to wash my hands in the bathroom.

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they know the choice,

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they don't want you to say it anymore.

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They will tell you what their choice is before you even get it out.

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And many therapists go,

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they clearly are irritated that I keep giving them choices,

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so I stopped.

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We will not stop.

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they clearly know what the choices are,

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so I don't need to keep repeating it.

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we will repeat it.

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There is purpose

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in this process.

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We are going to state the choice out loud every single time.

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It is for empowerment's sake.

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It is a reminder

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that they have control.

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It is a reminder that they are being given a measure of power.

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It is a reminder that whatever outcome they choose

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is tied to the choice that they made.

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ownership

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is brought into this.

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We don't let the child's

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irritation or interruption or I know the choice,

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you don't need to say it to me anymore,

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interfere with the process.

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The process is the same every single time.

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what I typically say when a kid does that is,

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you know the choices and you chose to wash your hands in the bathroom.

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But I don't stop and then next week I'm gonna say exactly the same thing.

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This is how the process looks

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as we're walking back to session.

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but we'll talk about that once we

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walk ourselves through the entire process in the playroom.

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This is a downward flow chart if you all are visual.

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So think about every single one of these episodes in order.

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This is likely gonna be a long series,

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y'all.

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I'm just letting you know.

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I know it's a summer series,

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I think we may be into the fall by the time this is over.

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That's OK,

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endless summer,

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right?

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But this is a downward flow chart.

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So we're seeing

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the

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playroom needs to be set up a certain way,

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then we need to interact in the lobby,

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then we're going to walk kids back to the session.

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What do we do when they get into the session?

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Then what are the skills in the session?

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Then what are we doing when we leave the session?

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This is a flow chart,

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and my hope is that this is going to give you all very clear

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understanding of what this looks like.

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And you will be much more confident

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in the execution of these little things because

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there's some clinical component to this,

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sure,

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but this is not truly just the clinical nature of CCPT.

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I could pop quiz you what are the be-with attitudes,

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you likely know them,

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but do you know how to provide empowerment choices

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when walking a child back to the session?

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That's stuff that we don't talk about very much.

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So my hope is this is providing you with competence and confidence

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so that you understand exactly what this looks like from start to finish.

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All right,

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before I let you go,

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I want to remind you,

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we have launched Mastering CPRT.

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So if you are interested,

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please go to playtherapynow.com.

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Until July 17th,

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you get $100 off with the code CPRT100

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So if you've been,

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I know many of you have already purchased it,

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we got all kinds of updates yesterday that many of

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you have already jumped on that and saved money.

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I'm happy for you all.

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And CoreWell wants that.

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CoreWell specifically said,

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Brenna,

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I know how much your audience has bought in.

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I know how much they care about CCPT.

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Let's honor that.

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Let's honor your listeners and your people

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in order,

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that's like half of your requirement for your license renewal.

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And it's APT approved

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and it will count toward RPT.

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So all kinds of reasons why CPRT mastering CPRT is going to be helpful for y'all.

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All right y'all,

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I love you.

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I hope you have a great week.

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We'll talk soon.

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Bye.

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Thank you for listening to the Play Therapy Podcast with Dr.

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Brenna Hicks.

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For more episodes and resources,

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please go to www.playtherapypodcast.com.