child-centered play therapy
child-centered play therapy
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Daytime appointments available. Afterschool & evening times are full
Ages 5+
Ages 5+
Play can help your child with:
Play can help your child with:
anxiety or excessive worry
big emotions and difficulty regulating self
anger or emotional outbursts
behavioral challenges
low self-esteem or confidence
difficulty expressing feelings
social or relationship difficulties
grief and loss
family changes or transitions
stress
difficult or overwhelming experiences
trauma or other experience that may be difficult to talk about
preverbal trauma
Big emotions or difficulty regulating feelings
Anger or frequent emotional outbursts
Behavioral challenges
Low self-esteem or confidence
Difficulty expressing feelings
Social or relationship difficulties
Grief and loss
Family changes or transitions
Stress related to school or other life experiences
Difficult or overwhelming experiences
Trauma and other experiences that may be difficult to talk about
For adults, talking can be a natural way to process an experience. For children, play serves that same purpose.
For adults, talking can be a natural way to process an experience. For children, play serves that same purpose.
Think about how often children naturally use play to make sense of their world. They recreate experiences, pretend to be different characters, act out stories, experiment with different outcomes, and explore emotions through their imagination. Play gives children the opportunity to experience, communicate, and work through things in a way that feels familiar and safe.
Think about how often children naturally use play to make sense of their world. They recreate experiences, pretend to be different characters, act out stories, experiment with different outcomes, and explore emotions through their imagination. Play gives children the opportunity to experience, communicate, and work through things in a way that feels familiar and safe.
Instead of asking a child, “Why are you feeling this way?”, Child-Centered Play Therapy gives the child room to show us.
Instead of asking a child, “Why are you feeling this way?”, Child-Centered Play Therapy gives the child room to show us.
The therapist's role is not to take over the play or tell the child how to solve the problem. It is to create a relationship and environment where the child feels safe enough to explore. By following the child's lead and responding with acceptance and empathy, the therapist allows the child to discover their own capacity for growth and healing.
The therapist's role is not to take over the play or tell the child how to solve the problem. It is to create a relationship and environment where the child feels safe enough to explore. By following the child's lead and responding with acceptance and empathy, the therapist allows the child to discover their own capacity for growth and healing.
One of the strengths of play therapy is that a child does not have to fully understand or explain what is happening inside of them before they can begin working through it. Play provides a way for children to explore and process experiences in a manner that matches their developmental level.
One of the strengths of play therapy is that a child does not have to fully understand or explain what is happening inside of them before they can begin working through it. Play provides a way for children to explore and process experiences in a manner that matches their developmental level.
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