390 | Room Wrecks: The Moment That Tests Every Child-Centered Play Therapist (A CCPT Guide for Understanding and Handling Them)
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In this episode, I walk through one of the most challenging—and inevitable—aspects of child-centered play therapy: room wrecks. I explain why these moments, as overwhelming and inconvenient as they can feel, are often deeply meaningful and necessary parts of a child's process. When a child is dumping shelves, throwing toys, or creating chaos, there is always a reason beneath the behavior. Rather than reacting with frustration or trying to control it, I emphasize the importance of shifting our perspective—seeing these moments as progress, not problems, and remaining grounded in unconditional acceptance.
I also address how to handle room wrecks practically and relationally—both with the child and with parents. This includes when (and when not) to set limits, how to prevent parents from misinterpreting what they see or hear, and how our words and tone communicate acceptance or judgment. Ultimately, these high-pressure moments reveal how anchored we truly are in the model. Room wrecks are not just about the child—they are a test of our ability to remain fully CCPT when it's hardest.
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Common 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. (2023). Play Therapy: The Art of the Relationship (4th ed.). Routledge. Landreth, G.L., & Bratton, S.C. (2019). Child-Parent Relationship Therapy (CPRT): An Evidence-Based 10-Session Filial Therapy Model (2nd ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315537948 Benedict, Helen. Themes in Play Therapy. Used with permission to Heartland Play Therapy Institute.
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0 00:00:00,519 --> 00:00:04,280 You're listening to the Play Therapy Podcast with Dr. Brenna Hicks, 1 00:00:04,480 --> 00:00:08,180 your source for centered and focused play therapy coaching. 2 00:00:08,520 --> 00:00:08,720 Hi, 3 00:00:08,800 --> 00:00:09,800 I'm Dr. Brenna Hicks, 4 00:00:09,909 --> 00:00:10,630 The Kid Counselor. 5 00:00:10,720 --> 00:00:12,760 This is the Play Therapy Podcast where you get 6 00:00:12,760 --> 00:00:15,060 a master class in child-centered play therapy 7 00:00:15,359 --> 00:00:17,520 and practical support and application for your 8 00:00:17,520 --> 00:00:19,180 work with children and their families. 9 00:00:19,680 --> 00:00:20,719 In today's episode, 10 00:00:20,879 --> 00:00:22,700 we are going to talk through 11 00:00:23,360 --> 00:00:24,219 room wrecks. 12 00:00:25,950 --> 00:00:26,879 Everything 13 00:00:26,989 --> 00:00:30,610 that we absolutely love about CCPT in one episode. 14 00:00:31,229 --> 00:00:31,670 All right, 15 00:00:31,790 --> 00:00:32,979 I digress. 16 00:00:33,310 --> 00:00:33,849 So, 17 00:00:34,479 --> 00:00:35,360 we 18 00:00:35,709 --> 00:00:36,759 inevitably 19 00:00:37,029 --> 00:00:39,169 have kids that are going to wreck our rooms. 20 00:00:40,150 --> 00:00:41,930 That are going to 21 00:00:42,610 --> 00:00:43,470 swipe shelves, 22 00:00:43,509 --> 00:00:45,889 that are going to take every single thing 23 00:00:46,549 --> 00:00:47,529 down to 24 00:00:48,029 --> 00:00:50,169 the cards and pieces in your board games 25 00:00:50,750 --> 00:00:52,750 and chuck them all over God's creation. 26 00:00:53,470 --> 00:00:57,000 And it looks like a bomb went off in your playroom when they're done. 27 00:00:58,270 --> 00:00:59,020 And 28 00:00:59,240 --> 00:01:01,340 there are certain circumstances 29 00:01:01,950 --> 00:01:04,120 in which parents end up seeing it. 30 00:01:04,638 --> 00:01:04,839 So, 31 00:01:04,959 --> 00:01:07,639 based on the configuration of your office, 32 00:01:08,080 --> 00:01:11,269 based on where the lobby is in relation to your playroom, 33 00:01:11,599 --> 00:01:12,809 based on, 34 00:01:13,360 --> 00:01:15,419 there's just different things that can 35 00:01:16,690 --> 00:01:17,750 End up in 36 00:01:18,440 --> 00:01:20,370 parent seeing your playroom. 37 00:01:21,650 --> 00:01:22,040 Now, 38 00:01:22,449 --> 00:01:25,800 sound is a whole other issue related but separate 39 00:01:26,129 --> 00:01:28,029 because sometimes parents hear the room wreck, 40 00:01:28,089 --> 00:01:29,349 even if they don't see it. 41 00:01:29,569 --> 00:01:30,269 They hear 42 00:01:31,010 --> 00:01:32,430 crashes and 43 00:01:32,650 --> 00:01:37,019 booms and things sounding like they're breaking and things hitting walls. 44 00:01:37,110 --> 00:01:37,629 And 45 00:01:38,169 --> 00:01:39,470 so sometimes 46 00:01:40,129 --> 00:01:44,160 they experience a room wreck without necessarily seeing the evidence of it, 47 00:01:44,330 --> 00:01:46,790 and they're going to ask questions about what they heard, 48 00:01:47,129 --> 00:01:48,930 but especially if they hear it. 49 00:01:50,089 --> 00:01:52,000 It can cause a lot of issues, 50 00:01:52,419 --> 00:01:53,860 and I want to talk through that. 51 00:01:53,940 --> 00:01:55,919 And so not only do we 52 00:01:56,099 --> 00:01:57,279 have to safeguard 53 00:01:57,449 --> 00:01:59,080 kids from parents' 54 00:01:59,529 --> 00:02:00,379 awareness of it, 55 00:02:00,739 --> 00:02:01,760 sight of it, 56 00:02:02,339 --> 00:02:03,819 and comments therein. 57 00:02:04,440 --> 00:02:06,489 But also how we're going to explain 58 00:02:07,150 --> 00:02:08,350 room wrecks to parents, 59 00:02:08,669 --> 00:02:11,050 articulation of why it's necessary, 60 00:02:11,350 --> 00:02:12,070 so on and so forth. 61 00:02:12,149 --> 00:02:12,440 So, 62 00:02:12,750 --> 00:02:15,570 whole episode on all things room wreck, 63 00:02:15,869 --> 00:02:17,889 specifically related to parents 64 00:02:18,270 --> 00:02:20,380 and maybe a little bit for ourselves because 65 00:02:21,240 --> 00:02:22,320 Ain't nobody got time for that. 66 00:02:22,429 --> 00:02:23,339 Let me tell you. 67 00:02:23,440 --> 00:02:23,470 There's, 68 00:02:24,360 --> 00:02:26,539 there is not one of us 69 00:02:26,720 --> 00:02:27,270 that's like, 70 00:02:27,520 --> 00:02:27,759 you know, 71 00:02:27,839 --> 00:02:30,710 it just doesn't bother me at all when someone room wrecks. 72 00:02:30,940 --> 00:02:31,000 You, 73 00:02:31,119 --> 00:02:31,279 you, 74 00:02:31,360 --> 00:02:32,500 you can't help 75 00:02:33,119 --> 00:02:33,789 but go, 76 00:02:34,070 --> 00:02:34,520 oh my word, 77 00:02:34,589 --> 00:02:35,119 are you serious? 78 00:02:35,160 --> 00:02:36,339 I have to clean all that up. 79 00:02:36,800 --> 00:02:37,320 Oh my gosh, 80 00:02:37,399 --> 00:02:39,940 I'm gonna have 10 minutes to try to take care of that entire thing, 81 00:02:40,279 --> 00:02:41,229 and you just can't. 82 00:02:41,399 --> 00:02:41,820 So, 83 00:02:42,600 --> 00:02:42,800 there's, 84 00:02:42,880 --> 00:02:43,960 there's a small part of us, 85 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:45,380 as accepting as we are, 86 00:02:45,639 --> 00:02:47,399 as unconditional as we can be, 87 00:02:47,720 --> 00:02:49,600 there's always a part of us that even 88 00:02:50,839 --> 00:02:52,339 Deep inside it's like, 89 00:02:52,399 --> 00:02:53,389 oh no, 90 00:02:53,679 --> 00:02:56,139 even if it doesn't cause any kind of fracture, 91 00:02:56,399 --> 00:02:58,300 any kind of resentment, 92 00:02:58,919 --> 00:03:00,880 we might be totally OK with it. 93 00:03:01,850 --> 00:03:04,130 But there's still a little bit that's always like, 94 00:03:04,210 --> 00:03:04,809 oh my gosh, 95 00:03:04,889 --> 00:03:05,559 please stop. 96 00:03:06,050 --> 00:03:06,330 So, 97 00:03:06,389 --> 00:03:09,470 I want to just make sure that we have a handle on room wrecks because 98 00:03:09,729 --> 00:03:11,630 you choose to be CCPT or 99 00:03:12,369 --> 00:03:14,630 sometimes when CCPT chooses you, 100 00:03:15,289 --> 00:03:16,869 you don't have a say. 101 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:18,509 I actually had a therapist 102 00:03:18,649 --> 00:03:19,229 that 103 00:03:19,449 --> 00:03:20,750 was in the 104 00:03:21,050 --> 00:03:24,869 forum in the Collective a while back posting about a kid that room wrecks 105 00:03:25,369 --> 00:03:25,910 and 106 00:03:26,130 --> 00:03:26,979 made the comment. 107 00:03:27,970 --> 00:03:28,570 I just, 108 00:03:28,690 --> 00:03:29,389 I can't 109 00:03:29,649 --> 00:03:30,830 tolerate room wrecks. 110 00:03:31,580 --> 00:03:32,500 And I 111 00:03:32,740 --> 00:03:33,600 hopefully, 112 00:03:33,619 --> 00:03:34,960 gently and lovingly, 113 00:03:35,410 --> 00:03:35,449 I, 114 00:03:35,580 --> 00:03:36,619 I don't know how it came off. 115 00:03:36,820 --> 00:03:38,619 You can't read tone in text, 116 00:03:38,699 --> 00:03:39,020 so 117 00:03:39,229 --> 00:03:39,360 it, 118 00:03:39,380 --> 00:03:41,889 it might not have come off as lovingly as gently as I meant it, 119 00:03:41,970 --> 00:03:42,350 but 120 00:03:43,309 --> 00:03:46,309 There's also accountability and confrontation that's required. 121 00:03:46,429 --> 00:03:46,809 So 122 00:03:47,089 --> 00:03:49,169 it may be a balance of both sides of that. 123 00:03:49,750 --> 00:03:50,429 But I basically, 124 00:03:50,470 --> 00:03:51,190 I'm paraphrasing, 125 00:03:51,270 --> 00:03:53,270 but I basically said you don't get the luxury of 126 00:03:53,270 --> 00:03:55,669 saying that you can't tolerate room wreck as a CCPT. 127 00:03:57,070 --> 00:03:59,190 If you can't tolerate room wrecks, 128 00:03:59,240 --> 00:04:00,839 then you can't be CCPT. 129 00:04:01,039 --> 00:04:02,419 It's just that simple. 130 00:04:03,270 --> 00:04:05,869 I'm not saying you have to like them because we don't. 131 00:04:06,009 --> 00:04:07,190 I'm not saying you have to 132 00:04:07,649 --> 00:04:12,029 be filled with glee as a kid is literally ruining every single thing in your room 133 00:04:12,029 --> 00:04:16,119 and all the time that you spent making sure that every miniature was facing forward, 134 00:04:16,350 --> 00:04:19,428 and they're all lined up exactly where you would like them to be and they're. 135 00:04:19,725 --> 00:04:21,135 According to their purpose, 136 00:04:21,415 --> 00:04:22,635 and all of your 137 00:04:23,054 --> 00:04:23,614 shelves are, 138 00:04:23,855 --> 00:04:23,964 I, 139 00:04:24,054 --> 00:04:24,734 I know y'all. 140 00:04:24,855 --> 00:04:25,035 I, 141 00:04:25,375 --> 00:04:26,375 not all of you are like that, 142 00:04:26,445 --> 00:04:27,285 but some of you are, 143 00:04:27,295 --> 00:04:29,375 and you're nodding your head right now because that is you. 144 00:04:29,454 --> 00:04:30,695 I'm talking directly to you. 145 00:04:30,795 --> 00:04:30,934 Yes, 146 00:04:31,015 --> 00:04:31,454 I am. 147 00:04:31,975 --> 00:04:32,834 So y'all 148 00:04:33,024 --> 00:04:35,834 that made every single thing in your playroom. 149 00:04:36,910 --> 00:04:38,609 Square and plumb 150 00:04:38,750 --> 00:04:43,609 and organized and structured and just delightful aesthetically to look at. 151 00:04:44,470 --> 00:04:48,890 And then a kid comes in and every single thing in your room ends up on the floor 152 00:04:49,149 --> 00:04:50,630 in a topsy-turvy heap. 153 00:04:51,980 --> 00:04:53,880 There is nothing about that that is pleasant. 154 00:04:55,410 --> 00:04:57,420 But choosing to be CCPT. 155 00:04:58,040 --> 00:05:00,779 And embodying the principles of CCPT. 156 00:05:01,670 --> 00:05:03,230 Being CCPT. 157 00:05:04,609 --> 00:05:06,350 It comes with the territory 158 00:05:06,529 --> 00:05:08,690 that you're going to have to deal with room wrecks. 159 00:05:09,440 --> 00:05:11,459 And you don't have the ability 160 00:05:11,760 --> 00:05:12,549 to resent it. 161 00:05:12,679 --> 00:05:15,160 You don't have the ability to lament it. 162 00:05:15,429 --> 00:05:16,679 You don't have the ability to say, 163 00:05:16,760 --> 00:05:17,880 I can't tolerate this. 164 00:05:17,959 --> 00:05:18,679 You have to. 165 00:05:19,959 --> 00:05:20,200 So, 166 00:05:20,309 --> 00:05:21,070 let's dive in, 167 00:05:21,160 --> 00:05:22,100 now that you've had your 168 00:05:22,920 --> 00:05:23,640 pep talk 169 00:05:23,880 --> 00:05:24,029 to 170 00:05:24,160 --> 00:05:26,000 to get us ready for this lovely topic. 171 00:05:26,160 --> 00:05:26,559 All right. 172 00:05:27,570 --> 00:05:28,760 Why does a kid room wreck? 173 00:05:29,769 --> 00:05:30,459 #the why matters. 174 00:05:30,769 --> 00:05:31,260 Why? 175 00:05:31,609 --> 00:05:33,010 Why does a child come in and room wreck? 176 00:05:33,089 --> 00:05:34,029 There's always always a reason. 177 00:05:35,339 --> 00:05:36,350 And oh my word, 178 00:05:36,459 --> 00:05:36,619 here, 179 00:05:36,700 --> 00:05:38,600 this is probably not loving and gentle. 180 00:05:39,299 --> 00:05:40,600 Don't you dare. 181 00:05:41,029 --> 00:05:42,320 Not loving and gentle at all. 182 00:05:42,619 --> 00:05:43,820 Don't you dare. 183 00:05:45,779 --> 00:05:46,679 Assume 184 00:05:47,730 --> 00:05:49,529 That a child is being manipulative, 185 00:05:49,880 --> 00:05:52,130 that a child is trying to irritate you, 186 00:05:52,570 --> 00:05:53,510 that a child 187 00:05:54,170 --> 00:05:55,750 knows what they're doing, 188 00:05:55,929 --> 00:05:57,649 and they're just purposefully. 189 00:05:59,089 --> 00:06:01,290 That's what all the other adults in that kid's life says. 190 00:06:01,410 --> 00:06:02,890 You're not going to be the one that says that. 191 00:06:04,450 --> 00:06:06,029 So we are not pathologizing, 192 00:06:06,130 --> 00:06:07,250 we are not accusing, 193 00:06:07,329 --> 00:06:08,519 we are not blaming, 194 00:06:08,769 --> 00:06:10,549 that there is none of that. 195 00:06:11,209 --> 00:06:12,269 The why 196 00:06:12,809 --> 00:06:13,429 is 197 00:06:13,730 --> 00:06:14,720 subconscious, 198 00:06:15,079 --> 00:06:16,130 the why is deep. 199 00:06:17,700 --> 00:06:19,399 Is the child testing boundaries? 200 00:06:20,059 --> 00:06:21,920 Is the child testing relationship. 201 00:06:22,829 --> 00:06:24,649 Is the child resisting 202 00:06:25,230 --> 00:06:28,230 you or therapy or the work that they need to do? 203 00:06:29,640 --> 00:06:31,920 Is the child attention seeking? 204 00:06:32,399 --> 00:06:34,239 Is the child power and control hungry? 205 00:06:35,410 --> 00:06:37,579 Is the child an anxious wreck, 206 00:06:38,049 --> 00:06:41,149 and they are just coming untethered 207 00:06:41,850 --> 00:06:44,510 because of how overwhelming this process is, 208 00:06:44,730 --> 00:06:46,149 and they need to show you 209 00:06:46,329 --> 00:06:47,640 how big their feelings are. 210 00:06:49,179 --> 00:06:51,130 The why matters always. 211 00:06:51,899 --> 00:06:53,100 We don't always know it. 212 00:06:53,380 --> 00:06:55,980 We can't in a moment as a kid is trashing our room. 213 00:06:56,140 --> 00:06:57,820 We can't necessarily pinpoint, 214 00:06:57,869 --> 00:06:58,179 oh, 215 00:06:58,290 --> 00:07:00,420 I suspect that this is because of such and such. 216 00:07:00,820 --> 00:07:01,730 Sometimes we can. 217 00:07:02,059 --> 00:07:03,500 We don't need to know, 218 00:07:03,899 --> 00:07:06,239 but we need to think about it and consider. 219 00:07:07,059 --> 00:07:07,070 Because 220 00:07:07,600 --> 00:07:09,000 what that does for us 221 00:07:09,420 --> 00:07:10,589 is instead of going, 222 00:07:11,059 --> 00:07:11,619 oh my gosh, 223 00:07:11,739 --> 00:07:14,019 this kid just purposefully blah blah blah. 224 00:07:15,239 --> 00:07:17,019 We shift from that to, 225 00:07:17,519 --> 00:07:18,899 this is therapeutically necessary. 226 00:07:20,320 --> 00:07:21,459 There's value in this 227 00:07:22,790 --> 00:07:22,989 There's, 228 00:07:23,070 --> 00:07:24,010 there's a why. 229 00:07:24,350 --> 00:07:25,890 There's something going on here. 230 00:07:26,350 --> 00:07:27,880 This is actually a positive thing. 231 00:07:28,119 --> 00:07:29,730 This kid needs to do this. 232 00:07:30,190 --> 00:07:31,609 This will be a means to an end. 233 00:07:32,739 --> 00:07:33,899 You reframe it, 234 00:07:34,380 --> 00:07:36,730 you shift your thinking from the negative to the positive, 235 00:07:36,739 --> 00:07:38,700 and you see it in light of what it is, 236 00:07:38,940 --> 00:07:40,040 which is progress. 237 00:07:41,980 --> 00:07:43,380 Not every kid has to room wreck. 238 00:07:43,459 --> 00:07:46,290 So you can have progress without a room wreck 239 00:07:46,500 --> 00:07:47,679 on certain cases, 240 00:07:48,459 --> 00:07:49,579 but certain cases, 241 00:07:50,019 --> 00:07:51,359 a room wreck is 242 00:07:51,609 --> 00:07:54,179 the path through which the child starts to heal. 243 00:07:55,339 --> 00:07:58,480 So we have to be careful with the way that we 244 00:07:58,980 --> 00:07:59,540 receive it, 245 00:07:59,779 --> 00:08:01,540 and we always are considering the why. 246 00:08:02,410 --> 00:08:03,429 Here's another factor 247 00:08:04,600 --> 00:08:06,029 We set limits when needed. 248 00:08:07,070 --> 00:08:07,619 But 249 00:08:08,190 --> 00:08:10,549 room wrecking is not a necessary limit. 250 00:08:12,540 --> 00:08:13,589 Let me say that again, 251 00:08:13,950 --> 00:08:14,859 cause some of you, 252 00:08:15,149 --> 00:08:17,290 your mouths are on the floor right now. 253 00:08:17,709 --> 00:08:18,179 So, 254 00:08:18,510 --> 00:08:19,679 pick your jaw back up. 255 00:08:21,459 --> 00:08:24,760 Sometimes we need to set limits on certain behaviors. 256 00:08:25,910 --> 00:08:25,920 Because 257 00:08:26,239 --> 00:08:27,429 they're needed when they're needed. 258 00:08:28,790 --> 00:08:29,390 But 259 00:08:30,160 --> 00:08:32,409 A room wreck is not a necessary limit. 260 00:08:34,530 --> 00:08:34,539 Why? 261 00:08:35,979 --> 00:08:35,989 Because 262 00:08:36,408 --> 00:08:37,058 if you're safe, 263 00:08:37,138 --> 00:08:39,379 if the child's safe and things aren't getting broken. 264 00:08:42,200 --> 00:08:44,000 We're not meeting criteria for a limit. 265 00:08:46,479 --> 00:08:49,390 We have to build tolerance and acceptance. 266 00:08:50,650 --> 00:08:51,510 And 267 00:08:52,030 --> 00:08:52,770 contentment. 268 00:08:53,700 --> 00:08:54,760 When kids come in 269 00:08:54,890 --> 00:08:56,520 and throw things around the room. 270 00:08:58,979 --> 00:09:02,260 It's something that gets easier with time, 271 00:09:02,419 --> 00:09:03,080 I would say. 272 00:09:04,179 --> 00:09:06,059 The first few times a kid wrecked my room, 273 00:09:06,119 --> 00:09:09,780 I think I was a little more unnerved than I ever get now. 274 00:09:11,239 --> 00:09:12,729 But all the while, 275 00:09:13,109 --> 00:09:15,020 you recognize it for what it is, 276 00:09:15,190 --> 00:09:16,190 it's needed work. 277 00:09:17,669 --> 00:09:18,330 So, 278 00:09:18,489 --> 00:09:20,679 we're not going to set a limit on a room wreck. 279 00:09:21,409 --> 00:09:21,659 Now, 280 00:09:21,750 --> 00:09:23,059 I have said in other episodes, 281 00:09:23,109 --> 00:09:24,849 if a kid trashes your room. 282 00:09:26,130 --> 00:09:28,039 Like 5 times in a row. 283 00:09:28,960 --> 00:09:30,719 You can set a limit on. 284 00:09:32,880 --> 00:09:34,260 Them cleaning up with you. 285 00:09:35,520 --> 00:09:36,099 So 286 00:09:37,039 --> 00:09:39,580 You really like to throw everything on the floor. 287 00:09:41,159 --> 00:09:44,419 But then I don't have time to get ready for my next kid to play with. 288 00:09:44,960 --> 00:09:48,760 So if you choose to put things on the floor without using them or playing with them, 289 00:09:49,239 --> 00:09:51,679 you choose to help me clean up at the end of the session. 290 00:09:53,400 --> 00:09:54,440 Very small limit, 291 00:09:54,559 --> 00:09:55,359 very subtle limit. 292 00:09:55,479 --> 00:09:57,299 Notice we're not setting a limit on 293 00:09:57,799 --> 00:09:59,679 the toys are not for throwing on the ground. 294 00:10:01,880 --> 00:10:02,460 It's, 295 00:10:02,520 --> 00:10:04,059 you choose to help me clean up. 296 00:10:05,500 --> 00:10:07,140 That is only if you have many, 297 00:10:07,260 --> 00:10:07,479 many, 298 00:10:07,580 --> 00:10:08,880 many weeks in a row 299 00:10:09,179 --> 00:10:10,659 of a child room wrecking. 300 00:10:13,039 --> 00:10:16,929 And it's for the flow and preservation of your schedule. 301 00:10:18,039 --> 00:10:20,580 It's not about you don't want the kid to 302 00:10:20,760 --> 00:10:21,919 throw stuff all over your room. 303 00:10:22,590 --> 00:10:22,940 It's, 304 00:10:22,989 --> 00:10:23,739 I can't have. 305 00:10:23,830 --> 00:10:24,309 So if you, 306 00:10:24,469 --> 00:10:27,309 if your room wrecker is at 2 o'clock. 307 00:10:28,450 --> 00:10:29,750 You're 3 o'clock. 308 00:10:31,030 --> 00:10:33,590 5 weeks in a row comes in to. 309 00:10:35,900 --> 00:10:35,909 Uh, 310 00:10:36,750 --> 00:10:37,890 how do you even describe, 311 00:10:38,070 --> 00:10:38,409 uh, 312 00:10:38,750 --> 00:10:40,289 sort of cleaned up room wreck? 313 00:10:40,429 --> 00:10:40,700 Um, 314 00:10:40,869 --> 00:10:44,150 a marginally prepared for that kid playroom, 315 00:10:44,429 --> 00:10:44,849 like 316 00:10:45,229 --> 00:10:46,349 stuff shoved in the corner, 317 00:10:46,469 --> 00:10:47,989 stuff in piles against the wall, 318 00:10:48,070 --> 00:10:49,619 like hardly anything on the shelves, 319 00:10:49,669 --> 00:10:51,159 only a few things have been put back. 320 00:10:51,260 --> 00:10:51,570 Like, 321 00:10:52,190 --> 00:10:52,590 you, 322 00:10:52,750 --> 00:10:56,690 you are now doing a disservice and it's detrimental to the 3 o'clock kid. 323 00:10:57,510 --> 00:10:58,500 5 weeks in a row. 324 00:10:58,729 --> 00:10:59,549 Couple weeks, 325 00:10:59,710 --> 00:11:00,450 you can just say, 326 00:11:00,750 --> 00:11:00,869 oh, 327 00:11:00,950 --> 00:11:01,989 I didn't have time to clean up. 328 00:11:02,070 --> 00:11:03,270 There were so many toys out, 329 00:11:03,390 --> 00:11:04,299 so I, 330 00:11:04,390 --> 00:11:05,669 I didn't have time to clean up. 331 00:11:06,010 --> 00:11:06,289 Well, 332 00:11:06,469 --> 00:11:08,669 you don't want that to be that 3 o'clock's 333 00:11:08,669 --> 00:11:10,929 reality week after week after week after week. 334 00:11:12,369 --> 00:11:13,159 So 335 00:11:13,650 --> 00:11:14,469 you would set 336 00:11:15,080 --> 00:11:16,070 an if then limit 337 00:11:16,530 --> 00:11:17,229 on that behavior. 338 00:11:18,679 --> 00:11:19,049 OK, 339 00:11:19,169 --> 00:11:20,510 let's talk about something else. 340 00:11:21,210 --> 00:11:23,270 If a parent were to ever see. 341 00:11:23,979 --> 00:11:24,919 A room wreck 342 00:11:26,140 --> 00:11:29,419 You try as much as humanly possible to prevent that, 343 00:11:29,500 --> 00:11:30,080 by the way. 344 00:11:30,909 --> 00:11:35,760 You do not want a parent to get a glimpse into a room that looks absolutely destroyed. 345 00:11:36,780 --> 00:11:38,369 Now we know it's not destroyed, 346 00:11:38,659 --> 00:11:39,840 but a parent doesn't know that. 347 00:11:40,719 --> 00:11:42,190 A parent gets embarrassed, 348 00:11:42,530 --> 00:11:43,859 they get defensive, 349 00:11:44,210 --> 00:11:45,890 they go into discipline mode, 350 00:11:45,950 --> 00:11:47,409 they go into correction mode. 351 00:11:47,450 --> 00:11:48,830 They go into teach a lesson mode. 352 00:11:49,130 --> 00:11:50,549 They go into questioning mode. 353 00:11:50,849 --> 00:11:50,989 It, 354 00:11:51,010 --> 00:11:53,849 it puts them all up in their heads and they just 355 00:11:53,849 --> 00:11:55,969 need answers and they want to do something about it. 356 00:11:56,960 --> 00:11:58,960 And none of that is CCPT aligned. 357 00:12:00,650 --> 00:12:02,390 None of that is relationship preserving. 358 00:12:03,710 --> 00:12:04,369 So, 359 00:12:04,869 --> 00:12:06,369 as much as you can, 360 00:12:06,729 --> 00:12:09,130 try to make sure that a parent does not ever see. 361 00:12:09,799 --> 00:12:11,179 A very messy room 362 00:12:11,320 --> 00:12:12,500 if they do. 363 00:12:13,869 --> 00:12:16,210 You stop them before it even begins. 364 00:12:16,969 --> 00:12:16,979 Because 365 00:12:17,450 --> 00:12:18,969 as soon as they see it, 366 00:12:19,489 --> 00:12:21,330 they're going to have an immediate reaction. 367 00:12:22,169 --> 00:12:23,450 They're going to gasp, 368 00:12:23,890 --> 00:12:26,150 they're going to put their hand over their face. 369 00:12:26,369 --> 00:12:26,809 They're gonna say, 370 00:12:26,890 --> 00:12:27,719 oh my gosh, 371 00:12:27,890 --> 00:12:28,640 they're going to start, 372 00:12:28,729 --> 00:12:29,940 what did you do? 373 00:12:30,530 --> 00:12:34,390 Whatever the reaction that immediately wants to erupt. 374 00:12:35,440 --> 00:12:38,140 You're going to shut it down instantaneously. 375 00:12:40,590 --> 00:12:42,169 Because what we're doing 376 00:12:42,789 --> 00:12:44,150 is we are implying. 377 00:12:45,229 --> 00:12:46,619 This is normal. 378 00:12:46,789 --> 00:12:48,030 This is appropriate, 379 00:12:48,469 --> 00:12:51,510 and we're reassuring the parent that they do not need to be concerned. 380 00:12:52,770 --> 00:12:53,750 We're also 381 00:12:53,969 --> 00:12:56,729 not ever going to talk about a child in front of a child. 382 00:12:57,169 --> 00:13:00,489 We're not going to address a child's behavior with the parent. 383 00:13:01,580 --> 00:13:02,500 In front of the child 384 00:13:03,840 --> 00:13:05,520 And parents are want to do it. 385 00:13:06,640 --> 00:13:07,239 So 386 00:13:07,909 --> 00:13:08,150 Why, 387 00:13:08,260 --> 00:13:09,830 why didn't you tell them they couldn't do that? 388 00:13:09,950 --> 00:13:10,309 Oh my, 389 00:13:10,429 --> 00:13:10,510 well, 390 00:13:10,549 --> 00:13:12,109 they're gonna have to stay and help you clean up. 391 00:13:12,270 --> 00:13:12,309 Well, 392 00:13:12,390 --> 00:13:12,539 I mean, 393 00:13:12,590 --> 00:13:14,010 I'll come in and help pick it up. 394 00:13:14,750 --> 00:13:15,609 The stuff that 395 00:13:15,830 --> 00:13:17,520 they suggest as solutions. 396 00:13:18,280 --> 00:13:18,950 It's laughable, 397 00:13:19,000 --> 00:13:19,559 really, 398 00:13:19,880 --> 00:13:20,229 but 399 00:13:20,599 --> 00:13:22,799 we're preserving relationship at all costs. 400 00:13:24,320 --> 00:13:26,229 The relationship we have with that child, 401 00:13:26,479 --> 00:13:26,960 the 402 00:13:27,729 --> 00:13:30,369 Environment we've created where they have permission, 403 00:13:30,570 --> 00:13:31,369 where they have freedom, 404 00:13:31,450 --> 00:13:32,640 where they have autonomy, 405 00:13:32,929 --> 00:13:34,270 where they get to be in charge. 406 00:13:35,099 --> 00:13:36,200 Giving a child 407 00:13:36,700 --> 00:13:38,729 control and saying you get to be in charge, 408 00:13:38,979 --> 00:13:40,010 guess what comes with that, 409 00:13:40,020 --> 00:13:40,599 y'all. 410 00:13:41,849 --> 00:13:46,479 Their luxury of room wrecking if they choose and need to do so. 411 00:13:47,770 --> 00:13:50,719 If we didn't want our kids to be in charge, 412 00:13:51,010 --> 00:13:52,469 we would give them worksheets, 413 00:13:52,770 --> 00:13:54,280 we would give them directives, 414 00:13:54,609 --> 00:13:57,270 we would tell them to do deep breathing exercises, 415 00:13:57,570 --> 00:13:59,849 we would make feelings wheels with them. 416 00:14:00,989 --> 00:14:04,630 When we say you get to decide what we do and you're in charge and you can 417 00:14:04,630 --> 00:14:07,119 choose to play with all the toys in most of the ways that you want to. 418 00:14:09,380 --> 00:14:11,080 When they choose or need 419 00:14:11,380 --> 00:14:12,219 to room wreck, 420 00:14:12,859 --> 00:14:14,059 that's part of the deal. 421 00:14:16,760 --> 00:14:18,340 Our response 422 00:14:18,640 --> 00:14:19,479 to a parent. 423 00:14:20,799 --> 00:14:24,340 is going to give the parent cues as to what their response should be. 424 00:14:25,599 --> 00:14:26,599 So if we sigh, 425 00:14:26,679 --> 00:14:27,679 if we roll our eyes, 426 00:14:27,760 --> 00:14:28,380 if we go, 427 00:14:29,130 --> 00:14:29,650 Yeah 428 00:14:31,849 --> 00:14:34,630 That communicates that we're not OK with it either. 429 00:14:36,289 --> 00:14:37,809 And that breeds. 430 00:14:38,650 --> 00:14:39,409 Issues 431 00:14:40,390 --> 00:14:41,690 So our neutrality, 432 00:14:41,840 --> 00:14:42,830 our acceptance, 433 00:14:43,030 --> 00:14:43,729 our smile, 434 00:14:44,010 --> 00:14:44,809 our tone of voice, 435 00:14:44,900 --> 00:14:45,469 all of it. 436 00:14:46,520 --> 00:14:46,919 Yeah, 437 00:14:47,219 --> 00:14:49,479 we had a lot of stuff going on in there today. 438 00:14:49,559 --> 00:14:51,539 We played with a lot of things today. 439 00:14:53,030 --> 00:14:54,080 That's the response. 440 00:14:55,510 --> 00:14:57,559 And you shut down any judgment, 441 00:14:57,669 --> 00:14:58,479 any criticism, 442 00:14:58,559 --> 00:15:00,239 any confusion from the parent. 443 00:15:01,460 --> 00:15:02,479 Oh my gosh. 444 00:15:02,659 --> 00:15:02,919 Oh, 445 00:15:03,020 --> 00:15:04,719 we played with a lot of things today. 446 00:15:05,179 --> 00:15:06,200 That's how it goes. 447 00:15:07,809 --> 00:15:08,989 We're making it clear 448 00:15:09,450 --> 00:15:10,369 I'm not reacting. 449 00:15:10,450 --> 00:15:11,390 You shouldn't either. 450 00:15:13,419 --> 00:15:15,690 And be very thoughtful 451 00:15:16,270 --> 00:15:18,340 about the things that you say to a parent, 452 00:15:18,750 --> 00:15:20,239 the words that you use. 453 00:15:21,330 --> 00:15:25,070 Because I've said them on this podcast because you all are clinicians 454 00:15:25,409 --> 00:15:25,869 and 455 00:15:26,250 --> 00:15:28,729 we know how much it sucks to have a kid come in and room wreck, 456 00:15:28,770 --> 00:15:29,049 OK? 457 00:15:29,159 --> 00:15:29,510 So, 458 00:15:30,010 --> 00:15:31,669 amongst our circles with 459 00:15:31,900 --> 00:15:33,390 CCPTs, 460 00:15:33,729 --> 00:15:34,630 you can say, 461 00:15:35,280 --> 00:15:36,599 The kid destroyed my room. 462 00:15:36,679 --> 00:15:37,859 The kid trashed my room. 463 00:15:37,989 --> 00:15:39,239 It was a disaster. 464 00:15:39,549 --> 00:15:39,799 OK, 465 00:15:39,919 --> 00:15:40,619 those are 466 00:15:41,159 --> 00:15:44,140 understandable terms because we all know what it's like. 467 00:15:44,359 --> 00:15:46,119 We would never say that stuff to a parent. 468 00:15:48,070 --> 00:15:49,030 And here's what happens. 469 00:15:49,109 --> 00:15:49,890 We go out 470 00:15:50,030 --> 00:15:50,849 and we say, 471 00:15:51,950 --> 00:15:52,349 Oh man, 472 00:15:52,429 --> 00:15:53,609 I'm sorry I'm running late. 473 00:15:53,979 --> 00:15:57,570 The last kid that I played with absolutely destroyed my room. 474 00:15:59,919 --> 00:16:01,460 There's an implication there y'all. 475 00:16:02,820 --> 00:16:04,520 An implication we would never want to give. 476 00:16:05,799 --> 00:16:06,780 Or we'll say, 477 00:16:07,280 --> 00:16:07,679 oh, 478 00:16:07,919 --> 00:16:10,580 my room was absolutely trashed. 479 00:16:12,340 --> 00:16:13,119 In front of a parent, 480 00:16:13,179 --> 00:16:14,239 in front of a child. 481 00:16:16,520 --> 00:16:18,390 That's not unconditional acceptance. 482 00:16:20,559 --> 00:16:21,820 So we might say, 483 00:16:22,559 --> 00:16:24,479 There were a lot of toys to clean up. 484 00:16:25,570 --> 00:16:25,580 Or 485 00:16:26,530 --> 00:16:28,390 I had a lot of stuff to put away. 486 00:16:29,650 --> 00:16:29,659 But 487 00:16:30,409 --> 00:16:32,299 those are neutral sentences. 488 00:16:32,729 --> 00:16:33,739 Your words matter. 489 00:16:34,630 --> 00:16:36,390 CCPT is wordsmithery, 490 00:16:36,429 --> 00:16:37,659 if you haven't figured that out yet. 491 00:16:38,070 --> 00:16:38,520 So, 492 00:16:39,070 --> 00:16:40,270 one of my coaching folks, 493 00:16:40,390 --> 00:16:40,950 Jonathan, 494 00:16:41,070 --> 00:16:42,890 told me that I need to do 495 00:16:43,150 --> 00:16:46,219 a conference on the word smithery of CCPT. 496 00:16:46,309 --> 00:16:46,549 I'm, 497 00:16:46,710 --> 00:16:46,869 I'm, 498 00:16:46,950 --> 00:16:47,890 I'm pondering that 499 00:16:48,030 --> 00:16:48,390 notion, 500 00:16:48,510 --> 00:16:48,820 but 501 00:16:49,700 --> 00:16:50,049 You, 502 00:16:50,150 --> 00:16:53,570 you have to learn how to say things and that your words matter 503 00:16:53,830 --> 00:16:55,090 and your word choice 504 00:16:55,469 --> 00:16:56,530 makes a huge difference. 505 00:16:57,369 --> 00:16:59,679 So keep that in mind when you're thinking about room wrecks as well. 506 00:17:00,250 --> 00:17:01,200 And then finally, 507 00:17:03,090 --> 00:17:03,770 When 508 00:17:04,010 --> 00:17:06,390 a child is actively 509 00:17:06,719 --> 00:17:07,760 swiping shelves, 510 00:17:08,050 --> 00:17:09,709 throwing everything on the floor, 511 00:17:10,348 --> 00:17:13,098 making as much of a mess as they possibly can. 512 00:17:14,420 --> 00:17:17,920 And be mindful that a room wreck is different than 513 00:17:18,339 --> 00:17:19,430 mess-making play, 514 00:17:19,780 --> 00:17:22,618 but sometimes mess-making play can end up in a room wreck. 515 00:17:22,858 --> 00:17:23,199 So, 516 00:17:23,270 --> 00:17:26,140 know that there's some similarities and crossover between those two. 517 00:17:26,858 --> 00:17:28,088 But when that's going on, 518 00:17:29,180 --> 00:17:32,380 When you're watching more and more and more and more 519 00:17:32,739 --> 00:17:34,619 accumulate on the floor of your playroom. 520 00:17:35,300 --> 00:17:37,339 And you know how long it's going to take you, 521 00:17:37,869 --> 00:17:38,880 and you know 522 00:17:39,020 --> 00:17:40,239 the amount of work 523 00:17:40,540 --> 00:17:41,359 and effort 524 00:17:41,550 --> 00:17:43,719 that's going to require to reset everything. 525 00:17:45,469 --> 00:17:46,390 That's when 526 00:17:47,609 --> 00:17:48,880 Your feet are held to the fire. 527 00:17:49,790 --> 00:17:51,670 And that's when you find out what you're made of. 528 00:17:53,439 --> 00:17:53,780 Because 529 00:17:54,400 --> 00:17:55,260 we crumble. 530 00:17:56,109 --> 00:17:56,599 Under pressure. 531 00:17:59,160 --> 00:18:00,270 We are on 532 00:18:00,689 --> 00:18:02,430 the Summit Framework 533 00:18:02,750 --> 00:18:03,709 at the level 534 00:18:03,810 --> 00:18:06,310 to which we can sustain the skills 535 00:18:06,650 --> 00:18:07,969 in any circumstance. 536 00:18:10,160 --> 00:18:12,219 So as you're sitting there watching 537 00:18:12,599 --> 00:18:13,359 what's happening. 538 00:18:14,790 --> 00:18:17,229 Is the pressure causing you to drift? 539 00:18:17,280 --> 00:18:19,339 Is the pressure causing you to resent? 540 00:18:19,630 --> 00:18:22,119 Is the pressure causing you to get all up in your head 541 00:18:22,349 --> 00:18:24,069 and you're not even paying attention anymore 542 00:18:24,069 --> 00:18:25,989 because you spent 5 minutes figuring out how 543 00:18:25,989 --> 00:18:28,589 in the world you're going to get all that cleaned up before your next kid? 544 00:18:30,640 --> 00:18:31,339 When 545 00:18:31,800 --> 00:18:33,800 pressure is introduced, 546 00:18:34,160 --> 00:18:35,199 that's what you're made of. 547 00:18:36,160 --> 00:18:37,800 Are you fully CCPT 548 00:18:37,959 --> 00:18:39,680 when a kid is room wrecking? 549 00:18:41,760 --> 00:18:43,640 Do you still unconditionally accept that kid? 550 00:18:43,729 --> 00:18:44,880 Do you still like that kid? 551 00:18:45,010 --> 00:18:46,859 Do you see that as meaningful work? 552 00:18:47,280 --> 00:18:51,319 Do you see the why behind it and you celebrate internally that the child 553 00:18:51,319 --> 00:18:55,260 is finally tackling some really big stuff that they need to work through? 554 00:18:56,280 --> 00:18:57,520 Are you seeing it as normal? 555 00:18:57,599 --> 00:18:59,040 Are you seeing it as a means to an end? 556 00:18:59,119 --> 00:18:59,520 Are you going, 557 00:18:59,640 --> 00:18:59,920 yep, 558 00:19:00,160 --> 00:19:02,479 this is what happens sometimes in CCPT? 559 00:19:03,900 --> 00:19:04,939 That's the test. 560 00:19:06,160 --> 00:19:07,790 Cause when you have easy sessions, 561 00:19:08,040 --> 00:19:08,900 let me assure you. 562 00:19:10,040 --> 00:19:12,839 You are not being tested and you don't know what you're made of. 563 00:19:14,560 --> 00:19:16,119 You find out what you're made of 564 00:19:16,319 --> 00:19:17,420 when things get hard. 565 00:19:18,079 --> 00:19:19,160 That's true of everything in life. 566 00:19:19,239 --> 00:19:19,400 That's, 567 00:19:19,439 --> 00:19:20,819 that's not a CCPT 568 00:19:21,680 --> 00:19:22,260 helpful tip. 569 00:19:22,359 --> 00:19:22,439 That, 570 00:19:22,560 --> 00:19:23,979 that's a helpful tip for life. 571 00:19:26,119 --> 00:19:27,000 You go do a, 572 00:19:27,040 --> 00:19:28,099 a lame workout 573 00:19:28,719 --> 00:19:29,939 and you're all proud of yourself. 574 00:19:30,040 --> 00:19:30,439 You're like, 575 00:19:30,650 --> 00:19:31,160 oh man, 576 00:19:31,280 --> 00:19:33,310 I went to the gym and I did like 30 minutes 577 00:19:33,310 --> 00:19:35,339 and you basically did nothing the whole time you were there. 578 00:19:35,920 --> 00:19:37,760 You flexed in front of the mirrors and you're like, 579 00:19:37,829 --> 00:19:37,920 yeah, 580 00:19:37,959 --> 00:19:38,750 I'm looking pretty good. 581 00:19:39,000 --> 00:19:39,869 That's not a workout, 582 00:19:39,920 --> 00:19:40,420 OK? 583 00:19:41,040 --> 00:19:42,359 That's not when you're tested. 584 00:19:44,910 --> 00:19:48,180 You have to be put into difficult situations 585 00:19:48,520 --> 00:19:49,579 to realize 586 00:19:50,160 --> 00:19:52,000 how CCPT you truly are, 587 00:19:52,239 --> 00:19:52,920 and a room wreck, 588 00:19:53,000 --> 00:19:53,250 I don't know, 589 00:19:53,359 --> 00:19:55,170 I don't really know of any other scenario 590 00:19:55,319 --> 00:19:57,319 except maybe when a kid is physically injuring you. 591 00:19:57,420 --> 00:19:59,300 I would say those are the two hardest moments 592 00:19:59,640 --> 00:20:01,400 when you've got a kid that is wrecking your room and 593 00:20:01,400 --> 00:20:03,540 when you have a kid that is consistently hurting you. 594 00:20:04,550 --> 00:20:05,650 That's when you realize. 595 00:20:06,780 --> 00:20:08,119 Where your skills are, 596 00:20:08,619 --> 00:20:09,900 and you're tested. 597 00:20:11,030 --> 00:20:13,890 And my hope and prayer is that we prove 598 00:20:14,109 --> 00:20:16,780 to be fully CCPT even in those moments, 599 00:20:16,829 --> 00:20:18,050 or at least we're getting there. 600 00:20:19,719 --> 00:20:21,339 So room wrecks are necessary. 601 00:20:21,550 --> 00:20:23,060 Room wrecks are powerful. 602 00:20:23,520 --> 00:20:24,979 We do not want parents 603 00:20:25,119 --> 00:20:25,579 to 604 00:20:25,760 --> 00:20:27,709 insert themselves into that process. 605 00:20:28,000 --> 00:20:31,540 We need to be careful with the way that we say things about it to parents. 606 00:20:32,640 --> 00:20:35,739 And we have to be careful of the way that we internalize it ourselves. 607 00:20:36,800 --> 00:20:38,780 Because there is no escaping them. 608 00:20:39,040 --> 00:20:39,560 I mean, 609 00:20:40,160 --> 00:20:41,300 it is certainly my, 610 00:20:41,560 --> 00:20:42,859 my wish for you all. 611 00:20:43,489 --> 00:20:45,219 My wish for you. 612 00:20:45,920 --> 00:20:47,040 Every time I say stuff, 613 00:20:47,130 --> 00:20:48,000 songs pop into my head. 614 00:20:48,040 --> 00:20:49,819 It's like my superpower and curse. 615 00:20:50,219 --> 00:20:50,520 OK, 616 00:20:50,599 --> 00:20:51,060 so 617 00:20:51,359 --> 00:20:52,579 my wish for you 618 00:20:53,280 --> 00:20:54,189 is that 619 00:20:54,520 --> 00:20:56,420 you don't have room wrecks very often, 620 00:20:56,760 --> 00:20:58,140 and those are outliers. 621 00:20:58,880 --> 00:21:00,030 But when you get them, 622 00:21:00,199 --> 00:21:02,589 I hope that you come back to this episode and you're like, 623 00:21:02,760 --> 00:21:03,339 OK, 624 00:21:03,839 --> 00:21:04,560 I know what to do. 625 00:21:04,640 --> 00:21:05,359 I can handle this. 626 00:21:05,400 --> 00:21:06,380 It's gonna be fine. 627 00:21:06,880 --> 00:21:07,199 And look, 628 00:21:07,239 --> 00:21:08,300 at the end of the day, 629 00:21:08,619 --> 00:21:09,380 when a kid 630 00:21:09,719 --> 00:21:11,739 has put every single thing that you own on the floor, 631 00:21:12,709 --> 00:21:14,689 You learn how to clean up fast. 632 00:21:15,069 --> 00:21:17,790 If you haven't mastered the art of resetting a playroom quickly, 633 00:21:17,869 --> 00:21:18,910 you need to work on that. 634 00:21:19,469 --> 00:21:21,170 You get all the big stuff put back. 635 00:21:22,150 --> 00:21:26,579 You put all the little stuff in a bin in a box and you slide it over against the wall 636 00:21:27,079 --> 00:21:28,640 and you put your next kid in the room. 637 00:21:30,670 --> 00:21:30,829 You, 638 00:21:30,910 --> 00:21:33,390 you don't spend hours and hours when you 639 00:21:33,390 --> 00:21:35,800 don't have them trying to sort everything out. 640 00:21:36,119 --> 00:21:37,069 All the little things, 641 00:21:37,189 --> 00:21:40,880 they get scooped up into one big box or bin and they get shoved against the wall, 642 00:21:40,989 --> 00:21:42,689 and all the big stuff gets put back. 643 00:21:44,229 --> 00:21:44,969 And then you say, 644 00:21:45,390 --> 00:21:47,060 if you're looking for something and you can't find it, 645 00:21:47,069 --> 00:21:48,569 it's probably over there in that box. 646 00:21:48,989 --> 00:21:51,430 And then the next kid comes in and if it's a one-off thing, 647 00:21:51,550 --> 00:21:52,329 no one cares. 648 00:21:53,390 --> 00:21:54,469 Don't let that stress you out. 649 00:21:54,550 --> 00:21:55,270 It should not. 650 00:21:56,390 --> 00:21:57,560 So I hope that encourages you. 651 00:21:57,680 --> 00:21:58,520 I hope that 652 00:21:58,640 --> 00:22:01,949 you at least have some solid foundation under your, 653 00:22:02,319 --> 00:22:03,040 your plan 654 00:22:03,319 --> 00:22:03,939 because 655 00:22:04,040 --> 00:22:05,500 it's not an if but when, 656 00:22:06,040 --> 00:22:08,180 and we need to be ready for those because 657 00:22:08,319 --> 00:22:09,709 the more ready we are, 658 00:22:10,000 --> 00:22:12,060 the more we will handle it in an adherent way, 659 00:22:12,079 --> 00:22:13,140 and that's always the goal. 660 00:22:13,520 --> 00:22:14,199 I love y'all. 661 00:22:14,319 --> 00:22:14,979 Hope you have a great week. 662 00:22:15,040 --> 00:22:15,839 We'll talk again soon. 663 00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:16,239 Bye. 664 00:22:17,300 --> 00:22:21,089 Thank you for listening to the Play Therapy Podcast with Dr. Brenna Hicks. 665 00:22:21,339 --> 00:22:23,260 For more episodes and resources, 666 00:22:23,420 --> 00:22:28,180 please go to www.playtherapypodcast.com.