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How To Bond And Connect With Your Baby In The Best Way
Season 1 Episode 107
One of the podcast listeners, Josh, emailed me and asked how to best connect with their baby. Play therapy principles still apply in relationship bui…
3 years, 3 months ago
The Dangers Of TikTok
Season 1 Episode 106
As a child therapist, I'm on the front lines of the damage that devices and social media are doing to our kids. The worst of all, in my opinion, is T…
3 years, 4 months ago
Handling Behavior With Appropriate Consequences
Season 1 Episode 105
In this episode, I discuss the following topics: Three types of consequences: Natural, Related, and Unrelated consequences What changes behavior …
3 years, 4 months ago
Spanking and the Rationalization Trap: How Some Parents Use Flimsy Excuses to Justify Physical Discipline
Season 1 Episode 104
In this episode of the podcast, we will be exploring the often-controversial topic of spanking, by way of a viral video that I saw this week highligh…
3 years, 5 months ago
Do You Hear Me? Do You See Me? Do I Matter?
Season 1 Episode 103
"Every day, in a hundred small ways, our children ask us...Do you hear me? Do you see me? Do I matter? And their behavior often reflects our respon…
3 years, 5 months ago
The Baker Act Epidemic: Know Your Rights As Parents
Season 1 Episode 102
Baker Acts (involuntary commission to a mental health facility) are on the rise, and there are many things that parents don't know. In this episode…
3 years, 5 months ago
The Importance Of Sleep And Getting Outside
Season 1 Episode 101
I had a personal reminder the other day about how being outside promotes restorative sleep. So I tell that story in this episode, and then I relate i…
3 years, 5 months ago
100th Episode Special! A Look Behind, And A Look Ahead
Season 1 Episode 100
We did it! In this 100th episode of the Play Therapy Parenting podcast, I take a look back (all the way to 2006!), and a look forward and where I'm g…
3 years, 6 months ago
Kids And Screens @ Discovery Church In Orlando Florida
Season 1 Episode 99
This is a special episode of the Play Therapy Parenting podcast. I was invited to speak at a "Parent Huddle" at Discovery Church in Orlando, FL on th…
3 years, 6 months ago
How To Handle Yourself When Your Child Treats You Like Garbage!
Season 1 Episode 98
It might seem backwards to think that kids treat the people the worst, that love and accept them the most. However, most times this is true of our ki…
3 years, 6 months ago