![]() ![]() There you have it, some of my best tips to help you streamline your Play Therapy notes! What are your favorite sentences? Leave a comment below! Therapist provided psychoeducation by.Cognitive Behavioral Play Therapy was engaged in to.Client initially engaged with then transitioned to.I guarantee if you do a note audit you will quickly identify your top statements you use with clients to begin to compile your own list.Ĭheck out some of these examples of my most used phrases in my Data section of my notes: I created this training HERE on writing seamless notes as efficiently as possible and reviewed tons of my notes to come up with the basic phrases I use most often. I have a lot of the same types of sentences altered for the specific client content. Well…maybe not to an auditor who is introduced to the turtle that was viciously attacked by a lion, but they are pretty cookie cutter. Spoiler alert – my notes are very boring. Why is the child engaging in a sand tray? What is the purpose of playing Candy Land? How does all of this tie to therapeutic goals? Get clear on your top interventions and techniquesĪfter going back to the basics write down your top 5-10 interventions that you use most frequently and separate list of what goals you may be wanting to accomplish. Was the energy high or low? Were there periods of chaos followed by calm? Did they play in the doll house for the entire time? Did they switch between 15+ toys including the dart guns and the swords? This is not meant to be a narrative of the entire play session, but include important information about the feel and the flow. Include information if they focused on one toy/type of toy or multiple. Identify the top toys the client engaged with during the session. Go back to your foundational trainings/texts and identify the top interventions from your theory that you use in your practice and use that exact language in your notes. It makes sense, right? Different theories are going to use different interventions and different techniques. My Child Centered Play Therapy Notes sound completely different than my Cognitive Behavioral Play Therapy notes. The content of your note is going to come directly from the theory you use. ![]() Here are my top 4 tips on more efficient notes for play therapy: I wanted to share some of my Play Therapy documentation tips for progress notes that might have you reevaluating your relationship with your notes….like from completely stressed out to seamless? No late nights, no weekends, just tucked into my regular therapy day! I think I have the uncomplicated relationship with notes because I get them done within my workday without any paperwork hours. I also realize that I am in the minority here and that most therapists despise notes. I get so much rich insight during my documentation that I might not have realized due to high levels of attunement and presence during the session. Okay, so here’s a secret, I actually kind of like doing my notes. One thing I have realized is that most therapist really hate progress notes. Like, all the tasks that you need to do when the client leaves the office ( or the camera is clicked off)! The notes, the documentation, the scheduling, and coordination. One of my favorite topics in supporting Play Therapists is the work that happens at the edges of the practice. ![]()
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