215. Elisabeth Emmerich on the Power of Play Based Therapy with Children

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🗓️ 8 January 2024

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Our friend, Elisabeth Emmerich, is on the show today. She is a mom of three, a licensed therapist, and a registered play therapist. We found this conversation exceedingly interesting because Elisabeth really shares ways we can support our children’s mental health. And by no surprise, we learned that our mental health is directly connected to our children’s mental health.

It can be tough to tell when the right time is to seek out extra help for your kiddo. Elisabeth shares some signs to watch out for and explains when and why children are coming to her for therapy. We also know that resiliency in kids continues to be a popular topic. Elisabeth speaks on how we can foster this in our children and whether or not she thinks gentle parenting is hindering our kids from becoming as resilient as they could be.

Maybe you’re not quite ready to put your child in therapy but you like the sounds of this play based therapy. Elisabeth shares some ideas of what you can do at home that would have a similar effect. It’s simple things like playing games with your kids, setting up predictable routines for them, and even helping them regulate their nervous systems but getting some exercise.

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0:00.0	I'll also bring up some executive functioning and what I mean by this is helping your kids
0:06.0	especially when they're young really building the skills to make decisions and so
0:12.4	maybe this involves like board games.
0:14.9	Board games are super fun.
0:16.2	I love chess and Nancala.
0:18.7	And there's, oh my gosh, so many board games.
0:21.1	But those are all fun games that you could do as a family or with your kids that are going to build some of those skills.
0:32.0	I'm Amy, and I'm Abby and as women we are constantly comparing ourselves to others
0:38.1	but your life isn't supposed to look like hers being your best self means standing firm in your decisions
0:45.4	and always being willing to grow with a purpose.
0:48.0	We get vulnerable and real
0:49.9	with an honest look into the challenges and triumphs we all face.
0:54.3	Every woman listening gets the opportunity
0:56.4	to choose what life looks like for herself.
1:07.8	Today on the episode we have our friend Elizabeth Emrich. Elizabeth is a mom of three, she's a licensed therapist and a registered play therapist. Abby and I found this conversation
1:16.2	exceedingly interesting because she really got into the different ways that we can support our children's mental health.
1:25.1	And by no surprise to any of us, our mental health and our children's mental health is deeply
1:30.5	connected.
1:31.5	So we hope that you guys get just as much out of this conversation as we did and now to the episode
1:38.0	Elizabeth we are so excited to have you on as a registered play therapist today.
1:42.7	So first of all, explain to our audience,
1:44.4	what is a play therapist?
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