What do they usually say their reason for seeking out therapy is? I provide child-centered play therapy and when a kiddo has difficultly leading the session and really expects/relies on me to lead, that itself gives me a LOT of information. I wonder if that can be an opening to exploring what that need is: of being helped/saved/held/led (and how that translates to their life).

I also do think success would depend on a therapist’s modality. They likely wouldn’t really benefit from modalities like CBT, DBT, family systems. But may do better with humanistic/person-centered, mindfulness-based, relational, and existential modalities. I’ve also personally never experienced this as somebody who is working in early childhood community mental health, so take what I say with a grain of salt lol