Play Therapy
By providing Play Therapy services to children we are providing them with the opportunity to heal from trauma, learn about themselves and grow and develop into healthier adults.
Play Therapy helps children understand muddled feelings and upsetting events that they haven’t had the chance to sort out properly. Rather than having to explain what is troubling them, as adult therapy usually expects, children use play to communicate at their own level and at their own pace, without feeling interrogated or threatened.
In Play Therapy the therapist creates a safe therapeutic environment for the child to explore their issues and be sensitively responded to by an empathic and non-judgemental therapist. Play therapy helps children learn to communicate with others, process, understand and express their feelings, develop problem solving skills and improve behaviour. Play Therapy allows opportunities for physical, emotional, cognitive development and social growth.
Play Therapists use various mediums to engage children in play such as arts and crafts, sand trays, clay, music, drama, story- telling and creative visualisation techniques.
