Through play therapy, a child client can:

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• Build trust

• Learn proper socialization & positive behaviors​
• Learn proper emotion regulation​
• Decrease anxiety & externalizing behaviors​
• Increase problem-solving skills
• Improve communication skills
• Increase self-esteem

Why Play Therapy is Necessary for Children

Children are not cognitively capable of engaging verbally with adults in a manner required by traditional psychotherapy.

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Play is a child’s natural language and provides a therapeutic approach that is child-centered, evidence-based, and very effective for dealing with:

• Trauma & Transitions

• Neurodiversity supports

• Cognitive struggles

• Social Emotional struggles

• Anxiety & Worries

• Life Changes & Events

• Depression & Behavioral outbursts

• Many more

Most insurance plans cover play therapy. Years of research have shown it to be highly effective for treating adolescents, adults, and children.

Click here to see why play therapy is critical when treating children.