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🚨 The Big Miss in Traditional Play Therapy (And Why It’s Holding Back Progress)

We talk a lot about helping kids heal using play therapy…

But here’s the truth no one wants to say out loud:

Most traditional play therapy approaches treat the child like they exist in a vacuum.

👀 Reality check:

What kid do you know is paying their own rent, making their own dinner, and handling life without family dynamics shaping them every single day?

Exactly. None.

Families are the ecosystem kids live in. 

Every belief, every meltdown, every bedtime battle—it’s all influenced by the way their family dances together (or doesn’t).

And yet… we often work with kids alone, peeking at the family system through the keyhole of second-hand parent reports.

No wonder some problems keep coming back no matter how many play therapy tools we throw at them.

If you’ve ever wondered – What am I missing? – when progress stalls, you need to be here.

Join me for this free weekly podcast! Because it’s time to stop guessing about the family system and start seeing it for what it really is so your play therapy clients can thrive.

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