Parent Support

You are an expert in your child

Your kiddo is excited to get their 40 minutes of special play time with Ms. Erin each week. You have begun to notice a decrease in your child’s emotional outbursts and behaviors that prompted you to seek help in the first place. You need to know that there is more than “just play” happening during your child’s therapy session.

It is vulnerable to trust someone else with your child's struggles and ask them to give you feedback into the inner world your kid is brilliantly reveling in their individual child therapy sessions. There is a fear that you are doing something wrong. You doubt that the work your kid is doing will really stick and you will be investing in therapy for the long haul.

My name is Erin, and I am a registered play therapist that helps the whole family

Parent feedback and check-ins happen each time you bring your child to play therapy sessions. These 10-minute check-ins at the beginning or end of each session give us a chance to communicate any information that is top of mind for either of us. This is not the time to go into the challenge of the week or day (and especially not in front of your kid). This is our chance to model we are working together to support your kid in their therapy. It is also time for me to give you a quick burst of encouragement and guidance because parenting is hard and having your child in therapy can bring up some big emotions for you too. These 10 minute check-ins help us stay on track, but the real magic happens during parent consultation sessions.

Parent consultation makes child therapy even more effective!

Your child will overcome challenges, integrate new ways of being in the world and sustain the growth more quickly and over the long term when you engage in learning new skills as a parent. It is during these regularly scheduled (monthly or more often if needed) 45 minute collaborative parent sessions, I will provide specific feedback linking your child’s play therapy sessions to the identified goals and outcomes we have set together. We will identify targeted ways that you can help them in between sessions as they move through the play therapy process of exploring challenges, identifying options, and moving towards empowerment! We check in about challenges and celebrate the small wins that move your kid towards confidence, improve self-regulation, get along with others, and express emotions (in ways that work for you).

Parent consultation is an integrated part of child therapy.

Contact me today to get help for your child and yourself.