Helping children to live their 'best life'

Emerging Minds Podcast

Helping children to live their 'best life' - part one

Oct 15 2021 | 00:19:39

00:00 / 00:19:39

Show Notes

Penny Sih is a clinical psychologist who has spent 17 years working with children, teens and their families. During that time, Penny has developed engagement processes with children that focus on an understanding of their ‘best life’. In this episode, Penny shares how the ‘best life’ approach can help practitioners to better understand the ‘whole child’ and the problems that affect them; and enable children and parents to be active participants in the therapeutic process.

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