ABSTRACT
Counseling with children requires consideration of certain dimensions and aspects of the relationship not encountered in counseling with adults. Children usually are dependent on a significant adult, most often the parent, in their life to make arrangements for scheduling play therapy. Therefore, any effort by the therapist to be helpful to children must begin with consideration for the parameters of the relationship to be established with the parent. Will the parent be involved in therapy? What are the complexities involved in informing parents of children’s behavior in the playroom?
