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.
Everyone has a life story filled with unique colors. Each color represents personal experiences, strengths, behaviors, relationships, and our inner world. Sometimes we find it hard to navigate through challenges and to face realities, which are unfamiliar and/or unexpected. Prior experiences may interrupt our current way of interacting, thinking, relating, and managing daily life. Stress...
My goal is to help clients become the best version of themselves. This might involve exploring values, challenging your negative thinking, overcoming personal challenges, or talking through relationship issues. My approach is to first get to know you in order to build a strong therapeutic relationship. Once that is established, we then work on a common goal to help improve your daily functionin...
With over 9 years experience as a psychotherapist, 2 1/2 years as the Outpatient Coordinator of the Mental Health Outpatient Program at T.W. Ponessa & Associates Counseling Services, Inc and as a graduate of Lancaster Bible College specializing in Elementary School Counseling I am currently serving as a private practitioner working with individuals, couples, children, adolescents and teens. Amo...
It is my desire to join the cause in removing the stigma of Mental Health Services in communities of color, specifically with men. Too often in communities of color, we suffer in silence ignoring the signs of mental health disorders and we live defeated lives out of fear. My passion is to help individuals/families discover effective ways of committing to treatment, communicating their needs, an...
Live with a sense of purpose as you identify your mission in life so that the stressors and disappointments of life will seem like challenges to be overcome and lessons to be learned. Learn to live in the moment, to be able to let go of past negative experiences, and to trust yourself to be able to face future challenges. Learn to care for yourself, to nurture yourself, as well as care for and...
I enjoy working with clients who are motivated for treatment and ready to experience real change in their lives. I have experience in working with a wide range of clients with many different presenting issues. Being a licensed educator in the state of Florida, with 20 years of elementary classroom experience, gives me a special edge in working with younger populations. However, as a mother, wif...
I enjoy working with clients of all ages, from all cultural backgrounds and from all walks of life. I offer outreach therapy for individuals, couples, families, and groups. After graduate school, I moved to Massachusetts, where I worked in both the traditional office setting, and in outreach, where I counseled clients in their homes. My lifelong love and appreciation for the outdoors called me ...
I am dedicated to partnering with individuals in order to assist with navigating through life's challenges. I believe that you deserve a supportive and nonjudgmental space to explore issues that prevent you from being at your best. I am committed to ending stigma surrounding mental health treatment and increase awareness within marginalized communities. I look forward to the opportunity to work...
*Our practice is currently full. Please check back in January 2021 for updates as we review our capacity and existing client need.* ---------------------------------------------------- Looking for support with ASD, trauma recovery, anxiety management, ADHD, or challenging interpersonal dynamics? I enjoy connecting with clients ages 8 and up navigating a broad range of experiences, concerns, and...
"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters, compared to what lies within us."~ Ralph Waldo Emerson. I specialize in the treatment of anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, domestic violence and family conflict. As a result of my training, I work with children, adolescents, and adults to increase self awareness and insight providing and building healthy skills and coping...
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Are you suffering from anxiety, depression or the aftermath of trauma? Do you struggle with painful patterns in your life that persist despite your best efforts toward change? Are you nervous to try therapy because of the expense and exposure? Have strong effort and promising insights in previous therapy failed to bring you relief? Are you struggling with a difficult child or teenager and feeli...
