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.
My passion and purpose in this line of work is to educate and equip to safeguard the pure vibrancy of what childhood should be. To not get snagged in the online world. To not feel lost or misunderstood at school. To assist parents who have lost their ability to respond effectively to the challenges that now confront them. Sometimes, often times we are harboring a lot of our own unhealed pain th...
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I like to consider myself a play connoisseur! I am a licensed professional counselor and a registered play therapist. I received a Master's degree in Counseling from Regis University and am currently enrolled in a doctoral program. I have advanced training in different play therapy modalities, sandplay therapy, and Theraplay, and truly specialize in working with children. I believe in empowerin...
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I am a licensed therapist practicing in Pierce County since 2013. I have a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of Washington as well as a minor in Criminal Justice. I went on to get my Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology from Saint Martin’s University. I work with clients from elementary age into middle adulthood. My areas of expertise are managing depression and anxiety,...
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