What is Play Therapy?

Play therapy refers to a large number of treatment methods, all applying the therapeutic benefits of play. Play therapy helps children to address and resolve their own problems, using their natural language: play.

What does Play Therapy do?

Play therapy helps children:

• Resolve trauma.
• Re-tell their distressing experiences to themselves in story form, making meaning out of their experiences in a way that makes sense to them.
• Become more responsible for their behaviors and develop more successful strategies.
• Develop new and creative solutions to problems.
• Learn to experience and express empathy and emotion.
• Develop self-efficacy and confidence.

Together, you and I can bolster your child’s well-being and clear the way for continued healthy development.