Play Therapy

That event changed her.

Since that day, she hasn’t been the same. When that painful part of her history happened, something in her childhood was lost.

Now, she is angry, withdrawn, and avoidant. There is something she can’t talk about, so she harbors the pain. She is still so little that she doesn’t have the words – that vocabulary. This pain could sit with her for a lifetime. As a result, it could alter the course of the happy life you envision for her. The future for her could be full of depression and risky behavior.

You don’t want this traumatic event to live with her forever and alter the course of her life. The trauma happened, and you can’t go back, no matter how much you wish you could.

But you can go forward, and healing for those wounds is possible. It is possible to put to rest that pain, allowing the child to find joy and peace again.

In play therapy, we use the language of the child – play.

Play is how children interpret and work out what they learn and experience.

Children learn to communicate through play; play allows your child to explore and find ways to explain their inner emotions and the stress they feel.

In a safe, therapeutic environment, children feel secure and free to naturally process (through play) what they need to gain insight, healing, and resolution. Play therapy for kids parallels talk therapy for adults.

After they work through one issue, they might move on to another problem, like an adult in talk therapy does. Or they might work through one issue and be ready to pause therapy.

Gain insight into what’s bothering your child.

Play allows me, as a therapist, to learn about a child’s feelings. By opening that avenue of communication, we can help them overcome their stress and frustration.

Gift your child the opportunity to heal her hurts and give her back her childhood.

Play therapy is fun, and it works!

Call me for a free consultation to see if play therapy is a good fit for your child.