How Do Play Therapists Understand Themes in Play Therapy?

Next Level Play Therapy: A Podcast for Play Therapy Excellence

One of the biggest struggles for play therapists is understanding and recognizing themes in play therapy.

Play therapists use themes in play therapy sessions to help them understand what’s going on with their clients and how they are progressing in play therapy.

But, I’ve always wondered who decided what themes represent or how we recognize them in play therapy sessions.

So, I went on a journey of looking into what research has to say about themes in play therapy.

(My journey is more like getting lost down the “rabbit hole” and finally re-emerging after a few hours. 🤣 My husband just knows to find me when I re-emerge or check to see if I’m still here. 😂)

I found an interesting study published in 2021 exploring if play themes could be identified using a standardized instrument.

Join me for this free weekly podcast, I’ll share highlights from the study and how play therapists can use the information to help them understand themes in play therapy.

Here’s the citation for the article:

Bridget, S., Parson, J., and Renshaw, K. (2021). Can children’s themes be assessed to inform play therapy practice? Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 26(1), 257-267. doi.10.1177/1359104520964510

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1. How Do Play Therapists Understand Themes in Play Therapy? (00:00:00)

2. Intro (00:00:01)

3. Today's topic (00:00:48)

4. What are themes in play therapy (00:09:55)

5. Why themes matter (00:14:20)

6. What themes tell us (00:17:49)

7. Research: Can themes be identified using standardized assessment (00:20:03)

8. Reason why children are not developing themes (00:23:33)

9. Recap of today's discussion (00:24:16)

10. Resources - Play Therapy Academy (00:29:55)

11. Outro (00:33:55)