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What Are the Top Mistakes Play Therapists Make Working with Parents?

What Are the Top Mistakes Play Therapists Make Working with Parents?

Update: 2025-09-11
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Raise your virtual hand and shout YES! if you never make mistakes and you are the perfect play therapist who does everything right all the time.


Do you hear those crickets? 🦗🦗🦗


The sound of silent voices, well, except for the crickets.  😂


That’s because no one is perfect.  The good news is that we don’t need to be perfect.


If you have been doubting yourself and thinking about all the ways you messed up and probably made things worse, 


Then you are not alone.


We all make mistakes and sometimes we make the same mistakes over and over until we figure out how to stop making those mistakes in play therapy.


That’s what we’re going to talk about in this episode.  


Let’s name the common mistakes play therapists make when working with parents so we can call them out, get honest, and figure out how to stop doing them.


I’m discussing the three most common mistakes that I see play therapists make when working with parents that result in poor play therapy outcomes for their clients AND what to do instead.


If you’ve been struggling and thinking deep down that you’re the only play therapist who makes mistakes with parents, then you don’t want to miss this episode!  


We’re going to have an authentic conversation about engaging parents as your partner in the healing process for their children.  


Let’s do this! 


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What Are the Top Mistakes Play Therapists Make Working with Parents?

What Are the Top Mistakes Play Therapists Make Working with Parents?

Cathi Spooner, LCSW, RPT-S