Play therapy uses play, the natural language of children, to provide each child with an opportunity for emotional expression, the development of coping skills, and the growth of self-esteem. It also helps a child develop responsibility, decision-making skills, and self-control, non-threatening, therapeutic matter. Through play, specifically-trained therapists can aid children in learning to address traumas and difficulties, communicate with others, express feelings, modify behavior, develop problem-solving skills, and learn a variety of ways to relate with others.

Play Therapy is most often used with children ages 3-12.

Play therapy can be used with children with:

• Grief and loss

• Divorce, family dissolution, and abandonment

• Blended family sturggles

• Adoption and attachment

• Crises and trauma

• Anxiety and Depression

• ADHD

• Academic and social problems

• Learning disabilities

• Behavioral issues