TBPH I haven't found a place to set up a CC here so I usually pull them with me onto the bed or the couch. But when I tell them to take a break they can go anywhere they want so that they can calm down. "readying themselves" might mean not thinking about it for a little bit so they calm down, or thinking about what they've done and need to do--I allow them to process it however they need to. But play stops until the relationship is healed--the relationship is more important.
And I have used a CC if they aren't listening but mostly if it's because they aren't listening because they are stressed or distracted or need to focus
Think of the CC as a child version of a coffee break