Play Therapy is an approach to counseling utilized for children. Children learn to understand the world through play. Play Therapy embraces play to facilitate therapeutic interventions. Play can include games, dolls, art activities, sports, make-believe, or any other activity that fits a child developmentally and emotionally.
Play Therapy can be beneficial for children with behavioral issues. Because these children might not have the words to communicate their feelings or might not want to, this allows them a space to express themselves and share their feelings through play.
Play therapists get to know the child’s specific interests and can tailor their counseling space to make it unique for each child. As the counselor observes and interacts with the child, they can understand the emotions that lead to their behaviors. Over time, therapists can encourage children to use play to express feelings instead of expressing them through inappropriate or harmful behaviors.
Play Therapy can also be used for adults to help them connect with their inner creativity and facilitate child-like joy.
Therapists Who Specialize in Using Play Therapy
Violet Guigayoma
Las Vegas
Nevada
Violet Guigayoma
Las Vegas
Nevada
Emotional scars and mental anguish are detrimental to one’s health and happiness, and may interfere with one’s daily functioning. My specialty is to help you heal, or alleviate your symptoms concerning your issues or condition to achieve tranquility, harmony and a meaningful life in a compassionate and professional way. We will work together in achieving your goals through: Assessing your issue...
( English | español ) Children and families need a professional who is understanding, creative, and nurturing. People of all ages can be extremely vulnerable during therapy and require distinct, specialized care tailored to their life experience. For over 15 years, I have worked with children, adolescents, and adults with various mental health needs. I hold a Master’s Degree in Counseling and a...
I have devoted my career to helping infants, children, adolescents, families, and adult women. I specialize in trauma, depression, anxiety, abuse, neglect, adoption, parenting struggles, attachment difficulties, behavioral issues, domestic violence, relationship struggles, and more. I have extensive training in trauma, attachment, play therapy, and parenting. I am endorsed in Infant Mental Heal...
Erikka Goslin
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Erikka Goslin
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
My goal as a therapist is to co-create a place where clients can say the unsayable and survive. As a psychotherapist with a background in Clinical Social Work, my interest is in holding the nuance of your intersecting experiences, identities and environments to make meaning. My focus is on providing culturally aware, queer-affirming, trans-affirming care. I believe that for treatment to be...
Cheryl Lim
New York
New York
Cheryl Lim
New York
New York
( English | 中文 ) Cheryl uses various modalities for short term therapy including: CBT, Solution Focused Therapy, Feminist Therapy, Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy, and Gestalt Therapy. She also utilizes psychodynamic approaches to help individuals understand how past and current situations may be connected, in order to help them make meaningful changes, to even long term patterns. Cheryl ...
Dr. Arlene Krieger is Licensed with the Board of Medical Quality Assurance and specializes in Relationship, Couples therapy, Individual therapy, child, adolescent & family issues. Dr. Krieger's 20 years of clinical expertise makes a difference in your desired therapy needs. Today's world creates many challenges with both personal and work issues. As a post-modern therapist, there is no Freudian...
Jennifer Jacobs McGill
San Antonio
Texas
Jennifer Jacobs McGill
San Antonio
Texas
Today you are one step closer to a new you where you feel empowered and on a positive path to growth and well-being. As a solution-focused therapist, my goal is to help you uncover your true self and lead a life that is worth celebrating. While we can’t change difficult situations of the past, we can work together to better understand and resolve challenges in your life. These challenges may be...
I am a licensed clinical psychologist with over ten years of experience providing therapeutic services to children, adolescents, adults, parents, and families. During my time in the mental health field, I have worked with clients in variety of settings such as emergency services, residential treatment, LGBTQ+ behavioral health clinic, community mental health, and at a university-counseling cent...
I provide individual and family therapy to individuals who are looking for help to cope with life's various twists and turns. I utilize an organic approach to gain an understanding of your specific life situations and stressors that are contributing to your current feelings. I use positive affirmations, strength identification and skill building to encourage you to reach your personal goals. We...
Brian Cunningham
Atlanta
Georgia
Brian Cunningham
Atlanta
Georgia
Make the rest of your life the best of your life! Are you seeking happiness and fulfillment in life? Has stress, anxiety or other mixed issues affected your daily functioning or well-being? Do you desire to improve your relationships and overcome life’s stressors? My desire is to work on developing the Whole Person. If you are looking for Life Change and Transformation, please feel free to reac...
CBT, DBT, Trauma, EMDR, ACT, Motivational Interviewing, Rational Emotive Behavior, Solution Focused, Art, Family Systems, Child Centered Play, Sand Tray Perinatal and Postpartum Mood Disorders, Military, Veterans, Families, Children, Adults I am a licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (CMHC). I have a Master of Science in Professional Counseling from Westminster College and a Bachelor of...
( English | 한국어 ) 계속되는 COVID-19으로 누구도 예상치 못했던 상황 속에 많은 분들이 당황함, 혼란, 불안, 답답함, 우울감 등 매우 힘든 시기에 놓여있습니다. 도움을 받을 곳도 더 없는 실정이구요. 첫번째 세션(약 1시간 정도 소요)은 비용을 받지 않고 제공됩니다 (오피스는 제가 단독으로 사용하고 있으며, 방역에 최선을 다하고 있습니다). 심리상담치료사와의 신뢰와 서로 이해할 수 있는 인간관계가 심리상담치료...
Kayla Barnoski
Alexandria
Virginia
Kayla Barnoski
Alexandria
Virginia
Hi my name is Kayla Barnoski, LPC and I have been in the counseling field for 6 years. I received my understand in Bachelor of Science of Psychology with a minor in Child Development and Family Studies at West Virginia University. I went on to pursue my education with my Masters of Science in Counseling Psychology at Chatham University in Pittsburgh, Pa where I grew up. Throughout graduate scho...
When we sit down together, I won't tell you your problems or exactly how to fix them. My mission is to enable and empower you with the tools you need to live a life without regrets. You are not your problems, your past, your situation, or what you've heard about yourself. I am here to help you move beyond whatever is holding you back, and support you in a life you are proud of. I've worked with...