Play Therapy for Children

“Toys are children’s words and play is their language.”
– Garry Landreth

Interpreting your child’s language is challenging.

When faced with difficult life circumstances, children will experience a range of behavioral challenges. It can be formidable for caregivers to understand where these behaviors are coming from or how to make them stop.

You’ve tried asking your child what is going on, what they need, and how you can help. All you get back are blank stares, shrugged shoulders, yelling, and crying. You are left feeling confused and unsure how to help.

Children often lack the words they need to share their thoughts, feelings, and experiences in ways that the adults in their lives can understand.

At this point, understanding your child is something that seems impossible to master.

Play Therapy enables you to meet those challenges.

Play Therapy utilizes play, your child’s first language, to help them share what is troubling them.

Not only does play therapy offer your child a safe space to share their inner world. Research also shows that play therapy helps promote the development of social skills such as problem-solving, acceptance of self and others, responsibility, empathy, and self-efficacy.

When your child enters the playroom, they will have access to various toys, including realistic, aggressive-release, and creative expression toys. Your child will be able to use toys in the ways they want to use them.

It’s my job to stay present with your child throughout the session, promote a safe environment, and foster a secure relationship with your child.

Caregivers are part of the process.

You may be wondering, “What is my role in play therapy?”

Caregivers are essential to the success of play therapy. The truth is that you are the expert on your child, and I want to partner with you.

Your input and updates allow me continuously to assess and monitor your child’s symptoms and behaviors. You are the one who will be with your child every day, so you are the one who will be doing most of the work, such as practicing new skills and enhancing the relationship with your child through play.

Parenting isn’t easy, and I will be here to support you as your child moves through the therapeutic process. Overcome the challenges and learn a different language – the one your child speaks.

Let’s explore how I can help in a free 15-minute consultation. Give me a call today at (336) 289-4492.