Cricket3 - That's one of the problems with GD too. She doesn't like to talk about anything that's bothering or upsetting her. So you have a point, it won't work unless she will cooperate. Play therapy is supposed to bring things out in play but she just wanted to play & talk about the toy animals etc. And in play therapy they don't really try to get to the "issues" but wait for them to come out.

No easy answers are there?