My therapist and her partner work with children and families, so there are toys in the waiting area and in one room. I don’t play with toys as a part of my therapy, but I do pick up the Perplexus ball once in a while as I am waiting.

Harsh judgment doesn’t belong in a therapeutic relationship, or in most relationships, really.

The only time my therapist has ever mentioned breastfeeding is the time the previous client walked out of session nursing her baby and we reminisced a bit about how peaceful it is being around a nursing infant. But that was very context-specific.