Early in my play therapy experience, a client reminded me of the importance of play therapy versus talk therapy.  Following an intense sandplay session with this bright 10-year-old girl, I naively asked her if there was "anything else she wanted to talk about."  She put her hand on her hip, and quickly corrected my need to put words to her play by saying, "Well, if you really think about all I did with the sand, I said all I needed to say." 

-submitted by Sara McCool, M.S.W., L.C.S.W., R.P.T.