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12/20/2025

This tends to happen. It’s aspirational. I blame curiosity.

12/13/2025

Limit setting isn’t about control.
It’s about safety, predictability, and trust.
When limits are clear, kids can play freely inside them.

12/03/2025

ADHD is a full-time subplot.
Some days it’s insight, some days it’s chaos, and most days it’s both.
If you’re an ADHDer or a therapist, you already know this and know list is longer than a CVS receipt.
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11/27/2025

Opinions aren’t obligations.
You don’t have to participate, defend, absorb, or fix.
Boundaries are information, not conflict.
Protect your bandwidth and step away when you need to.

If you need quick, neutral scripts that redirect without inviting more debate, here are a few that work across settings and can be adapted:

• “I’m not available for that conversation.”
• “I hear you. I’m choosing something different.”
• “We don’t see that the same way, and that’s okay.”
• “I’m going to pass on this one.”
• “That’s not something I’m discussing today.”
• “I’m stepping out for a bit.”
• “I’m keeping my energy for other things.”
• “I’ll let you all continue. I’m good.”

You’re allowed to protect your peace without explaining yourself.
Your boundaries don’t need permission.

11/25/2025

What are your non-negotiables?

Mine took years. Not from ease, but from the moments that pushed me, made me pay attention, and forced me to grow past an old version of myself. The kind of uncomfortable change that leaves a previous self behind as proof that you can outgrow things more than once.

Every struggle has a lesson.
If I don’t pivot, what was the point?

I’m human. I’m flawed.
And I know this list will shift as I keep learning, growing, and resetting when needed.

I’m silly. I’m sarcastic.
And I’m serious about taking care of my lane so I can support clients and clinicians in theirs.

Respect [and wanting respect] calls for integrity and transparency.
Pretending doesn’t hold up long. Nothing stays hidden forever. So I try to keep the work clean:

Expect mistakes.
Make repairs.
Give myself kindness so I can offer it to others.

Anger, resentment, and avoidance take us out of our own lives. They weigh us down.
I don’t like to carry them.

These non-negotiables keep the work steady. They help me stay thoughtful and show up without emotional politics.

If they resonate, we probably see this work - and people - in similar ways.

11/22/2025

Kids don’t describe their stress the way adults do.

They don’t say, “my self concept is lacking” and “I could use some support with social navigation.”

They show it through the toy they choose, the roles they play, and the themes they repeat.

That’s why play therapy exists. It gives kids a developmentally appropriate way to sort through what’s too big to put into words.

Let’s be honest - even adults struggle to name what was triggering, what feels insecure, or why we avoid the hard things, etc.? If it’s hard for even us it makes sense that we meet kids where they are developmentally - in play.

11/20/2025

Writing treatment plans for play therapy shouldn’t feel harder than being in the playroom. Most templates are built for talk therapy, not CCPT or affirming practices work, so the wording never really fits the themes, pacing, or regulation shifts we actually see.

I kept getting stuck trying to make them affirming, clear, and still practical for parent feedback sessions - so I made a guide that finally lines up with how we work.

If treatment planning drains you or you want better language for play themes and parent sessions, it’s in the guide. 🔗 in bio to my Etsy shop

30% the guide with code PLAYTHERAPY

11/18/2025

In play therapy, kids sort through things they can’t say yet. Pretend meals, dress-up scenes, and small routines aren’t random. They show how a child is making sense of fear, control, comfort, and connection.

CCPT lets the child lead so we can watch how their themes repeat, shift, or soften. Synergetic work tracks the energy underneath - how their body moves through activation and settles again.

These moments look simple, but they tell you exactly where the child is in their process.

I get it. It’s hard to imagine that someone “playing” can truly be supporting a child through struggles. Trusting the process and the therapist is where the parent’s and caregiver’s work is.

In CCPT, kids engage because the play is theirs. They choose the story, the roles, the pace, and the intensity. That control is what keeps them in it. They’re not being led somewhere; they’re showing us where they already are.

The therapist stays present, regulated, and responsive so the child can try out hard feelings, test safety, and push into edges without feeling alone. The work doesn’t happen through instructions or questions. It happens through the choices the child makes and how their energy shifts while they’re making them.

What looks simple is often the most accurate window into what they’re sorting through.

11/14/2025

The goal isn’t to stop crying - it’s to know when you need to. And maybe laugh about it later.
Every nervous system has its own pacing. Some cry schedules are…more ambitious than others. Gotta give the tear ducts a good flushing though.

To clarify: Tom is not a client. This is a silly video. Pretend, if you will. Hence the serious face. No documentary. No Jim Halpert. Just therapy humor.

11/06/2025

When the play goes symbolic, and you try to act like you didn’t just witness a breakthrough disguised as a unicorn. Children use play to say what words can’t. The stories, the themes, the symbols - they’re all part of the healing language.

11/04/2025

Context-loving is not the same as interrupting. Some brains just build flowcharts while they listen. Tracking context and subplots like it’s my job. Technically…it is.

10/31/2025

Some parts just like a vibe check before the next breakthrough. Healing isn’t linear or clean. It’s messy work and things don’t always stay resolved; they stay in relationship. Therapy is a safe space for what keeps returning - circling back is part of the process some - kids, teens and even fully grown humans.

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1517 Connecticut Ave NW
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http://therapywithtisha.com/

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