How to Work with High Conflict Families in Play Therapy

Next Level Play Therapy: A Podcast for Play Therapy Excellence

If you’re a play therapist then you’ve probably had children from high conflict divorced families on your caseload at some point, or maybe even now.

These families can present very challenging issues to navigate in play therapy.

If you’ve worked with children in high conflict family systems then you’ve probably felt helpless, frustrated, and overwhelmed trying to help your young clients.

What are the best practices for working with children in these challenging family systems?

How can you navigate all the systems involved in the child’s family - attorneys, court professionals, parents who aren’t able to co-parent effectively together, and possibly child protective services professionals?

These are highly complex family systems and knowing what resources to access can be overwhelming.

That’s why I LOVE using the resources and support available by the Association for Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC)!

They have AMAZING resources, like Guidelines for Court-Involved Therapists!

AFCC also provide a wealth of other resources.

Want to know more?

That’s why I invited Ann Ordway, JD, PhD, to be my guest this week.

She’s the Program Director for AFCC and a great ally to support the work of play therapists working with children in high conflict divorced families.

Join me for this free weekly podcast, we’ll discuss some of the different types of collateral professionals working alongside these high conflict divorced families and how play therapists can utilize these valuable professionals to help their clients.

AFCC has some amazing resources for mental health professionals so you won’t want to miss this episode if you work with children from high conflict families in play therapy!

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1. How to Work with High Conflict Families in Play Therapy (00:00:00)

2. Intro (00:00:01)

3. Today's topic (00:00:59)

4. Guest introduction - Dr. Ann Ordway (00:02:14)

5. Understanding High Conflict Divorce Dynamics (00:03:59)

6. What is Association for Family and Conciliation Court (AFCC)? (00:06:32)

7. Roles of Different Professionals (00:11:25)

8. Therapist's role in high conflict divorce cases (00:18:40)

9. Navigating Court Involvement (00:26:45)

10. AFCC Resources (00:37:48)

11. Outro (00:48:20)