What Is Play Therapy? Regular play is a fun, enjoyable activity that elevates children's spirits and brightens their outlook on life. Play Therapy teaches children healthy ways to communicate with others, express feelings, modify behavior, and develop problem-solving skills.

How Does Play Therapy Work? Often, children have used up their own problem-solving tools, which makes them misbehave and act out. Play Therapy allows a trained play therapist to assess and understand children's play and help them learn how to change the way they think about, feel toward, and resolve their concerns.

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How Will Play Therapy Benefit My Child? Typical life stressors like divorce, death, relocation, crisis and trauma, and chronic illness affect young children and Play Therapy can help them work through their feelings. Play Therapy is also utilized for anger management and the modification of behavioral disorders such as anxiety, depression, attention deficit hyperactivity (ADHD), and autism. In addition, Play Therapy can help with academic and social developmental, physical and learning disabilities, and conduct disorders.

Play Therapy Helps Your Children... Become more responsible for behaviors and develop more successful strategies. Develop new and creative solutions to problems. Develop respect and acceptance of self and others. Learn to experience and express emotion. Cultivate empathy and respect for thoughts and feelings of others. Learn new social skills and relational skills with family. Develop self-efficacy and a better assuredness about their abilities.