Our Practice

We specialize in treating children with trauma-related conditions, including child maltreatment, post-traumatic stress disorder,and attachment or adjustment disorders which can arise as a result of removal from parents, abuse or neglect, divorce, moves and transitions, or the loss of a loved one. 

​With young children we use a variety of developmentally-based, play therapies to assist children with self-expression and problem resolution including child-centered ​play therapy,
​directive play therapy, Theraplay, and EMDR.  

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What is Play Therapy?

Child Centered Play Therapy provides the child with a very specialized play therapy environment and therapeutic relationship that is different than any ​other place or person your child has experienced. 

The child completely leads their play and the therapist’s understanding of the play behavior allows the therapist to enter more fully into the child’s inner world​.​

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Association For Play therapy

Benefits Of Play Therapy

Your child may be demonstrating a combination of social, emotional, behavioral, cognitive, language and physiological signs and symptoms that have caused his/her caregiver to be concerned and seek therapy.  During play therapy, your child will simultaneously work on their problems and symptoms and will work to achieve any number of skills including:

• Conflict Resolution
• Learning to problem solve using inner and outer resources
• Gaining self-control and self-direction
• Building self-esteem
• Developing coping skills
• Experiencing and tolerating painful emotions
• Regulating their emotions and discovering ways to cope with and express feelings