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.
I can help with Mood Disorders, Grief and Bereavement, Trauma, PTSD, Foster care, domestic violence, Cultural/identify issues. I have a passion for the third culture population and issues such as culture shock and assimilation. I integrate multiple theories to best serve individual needs including but not limited to Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Mindfulness, Gestalt, REBT, Solution-Focuse...
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At HeartSpace Counseling, PLC, we have created a safe space for the families and children of the Roanoke Valley. We understand families and the difficulties they face in our society today. We provide counseling services to children, teens, adults, families and couples and use evidence-based methods including play therapy, art therapy, TF-CBT, "talk therapy" and expressive arts. Reaching out for...
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