What Does Case Conceptualization Have to Do with Play Therapy Themes?

Next Level Play Therapy: A Podcast for Play Therapy Excellence

Play therapists place a lot of emphasis on recognizing themes in play therapy sessions.

Why?

Because understanding play behaviors and recognizing what clients are communicating in their play is critical to help them in the healing process.

Here’s where case conceptualization is often overlooked when making sense of what’s going on in play therapy for your clients.

Understanding play therapy themes is heavily influenced by your play therapy model.

What does that have to do with play therapy case conceptualization?

I’m glad you asked!

Join me for this weekly podcast, I’ll discuss why case conceptualization is important to ensure you use the information gathered from play therapy themes so you can help your clients achieve the healing they are seeking and make a difference in their lives.

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1. What Does Case Conceptualization Have to Do with Play Therapy Themes? (00:00:00)

2. Intro (00:00:01)

3. Today's topic (00:00:49)

4. What are play therapy themes? (00:08:12)

5. What is Case Conceptualization? (00:10:28)

6. The role of your play therapy model (00:12:05)

7. Tying case conceptualization with play therapy themes (00:13:53)

8. Some practical application (00:20:19)

9. Recap of today's discussion (00:22:30)

10. Resources (00:24:58)

11. Outro (00:30:42)