Category: Play Therapy

Play therapy has long been recognized as a powerful therapeutic approach. It can help children process emotions, work through challenges, and develop healthier coping mechanisms.

Within this field, two primary approaches have emerged: non-directive and directive play therapy. While both methods use play as the primary medium for healing, they differ significantly in their theoretical foundations, the therapist’s role, and how the therapeutic process unfolds.

Understanding these differences is essential for parents, educators, and mental health professionals seeking the most appropriate intervention for a child’s specific needs. Each approach offers unique benefits, and the choice between them often depends on the child’s presenting concerns, developmental stage, and therapeutic goals.

Non-Directive Play Therapy: Child-Led Healing

Non-directive play therapy places the child firmly in control of the therapeutic experience. In this approach, the therapist creates a safe environment where children can explore their feelings and experiences at their own pace. The therapist follows the child’s lead, offering minimal structure or guidance about what to play with or how to play.

The core principle is that children possess an innate capacity for self-healing and growth when provided with the right conditions. The therapist’s role is to reflect the child’s feelings, set appropriate boundaries, and maintain a warm, empathetic presence without directing the play or interpreting its meaning. For example, if a child repeatedly crashes toy cars together, the therapist could observe, “You’re making those cars crash hard,” without suggesting what this means or redirecting the activity.

This approach works particularly well for children who need to regain a sense of control. It’s also ideal for those who have experienced trauma or are struggling with anxiety or low self-esteem. It allows them to work through issues symbolically, at a pace that feels safe and manageable.

Directive Play Therapy: Structured Therapeutic Interventions

Directive play therapy takes a more structured, goal-oriented approach. The therapist actively guides the session by selecting specific activities, toys, or therapeutic games. These are designed to address particular issues or teach specific skills. Directive play therapy assumes the therapist’s expertise is essential in facilitating change.

In directive sessions, the therapist may introduce specific activities to help a child learn anger management techniques, practice social skills, or process a traumatic event. For instance, a therapist working with a child experiencing divorce could use dollhouse play. This assists with the child expressing feelings about family changes, asking targeted questions, and guiding the narrative toward therapeutic goals.

This approach is often beneficial for children who need to develop specific coping skills, those with behavioral challenges, or children who may struggle with the open-ended nature of non-directive therapy. It can also be more time-efficient when addressing focused treatment goals.

Choosing the Right Approach

The decision between directive and non-directive play therapy doesn’t always lead to one or the other. Many skilled play therapists integrate both approaches, adjusting their level of directiveness based on the child’s needs, the phase of therapy, and specific treatment goals. Some children benefit from beginning with non-directive work to build rapport and self-awareness, then transitioning to more directive interventions to develop concrete skills.

Factors influencing this choice include the child’s age, presenting problems, personality, and how they respond to structure. Children who are highly anxious or controlling may initially resist directive approaches. Those seeking more concrete guidance might feel lost in purely non-directive settings.

Supporting Your Child

Ultimately, both approaches to play therapy honor the healing power of play while offering different pathways to therapeutic growth. Whether following the child’s lead or providing structured guidance, skilled play therapists create spaces where children can safely explore, express, and ultimately heal. Let’s connect and talk about all of this soon.

Published: February 11, 2026 | Posted by Mary Ellen Benz

When people hear “play therapy,” there’s often an assumption that it’s just kids playing with toys. It’s casual, unstructured, and maybe even less “real” than traditional talk therapy.

But the truth is, play therapy is highly intentional, and the creative tools used in it are essentially the language of the work. The things used in play therapy aren’t accessories. They’re the tools of a play therapist’s trade.

Why Creative Tools Matter

Children don’t process emotions the way adults do. The parts of the brain responsible for insight, verbal reasoning, and emotional articulation are still under construction. When a child is asked to explain what they’re feeling, they often can’t, not because they don’t have feelings, but because they don’t yet have the words. Creative tools allow children to communicate symbolically instead of verbally. They give form to experiences that feel confusing, overwhelming, or unsafe to talk about directly.

Sand Tray Therapy: Creating an Inner World

The sand tray is one of the most powerful tools in play therapy. A child is given a tray of sand and access to dozens of miniature figures: people, animals, buildings, fantasy characters, natural elements, and more. Without much instruction, the child begins to build a world. What they place in the tray, and how they place it, often reflects their internal experience: who feels powerful, who feels small, what feels threatening, where safety exists or doesn’t.

Sand trays allow children to externalize their inner world. Trauma, anxiety, and attachment wounds can be expressed symbolically, without forcing the child to relive events verbally. The tactile experience of touching sand is also grounding. It engages the sensory system and helps regulate big emotions, allowing emotional material to surface at a pace the child’s nervous system can tolerate.

Puppets: Giving Emotions a Voice

Puppets are especially powerful for children who struggle with direct expression. A puppet can say things a child can’t. Through puppets, kids might express anger toward a caregiver, act out fear or helplessness, or show conflict between parts of themselves. Often, a child will project emotions onto the puppet, like “He’s scared,” “She’s mad,” or “This one doesn’t trust anyone.” That projection creates distance and makes intense feelings feel safer to explore.

Puppets also allow children to practice relationships. They can reenact interactions with parents, teachers, or peers, sometimes exactly as they happen, sometimes as the child wishes they would happen. This gives the child a chance to experience different outcomes, which builds emotional flexibility and hope.

Art as Emotional Expression

Art is one of the most commonly used tools in play therapy. Drawing, painting, and sculpting allow kids to express emotions that feel too big, too confusing, or too vulnerable to say out loud. The focus isn’t on making something “pretty.” It’s on the process: color choices, pressure on the page, repetition, and themes that show up over time. Art allows emotions to move from the inside to the outside, where they can be witnessed and held safely.

Building Safety Through Creative Work

Perhaps the most important role creative tools play is in building the therapeutic relationship. When a therapist follows a child’s lead instead of directing or correcting, the child experiences respect, safety, and attunement. That relational safety becomes the foundation for healing.

To an outside observer, play therapy might look unstructured. But every tool in the room has a purpose. Sand trays, puppets, and art materials are carefully chosen to support expression, regulation, and relationship repair. They allow children to heal in the way their brains were designed to heal, through play, creativity, and connection.

So, these tools aren’t “just toys.” They’re bridges and voices. They’re how children tell their stories when words aren’t enough.

If you’re looking for play therapy support for your child, reach out to us to learn more about how we can help.

When parents first hear about play therapy, many wonder if their child will simply be playing with toys during sessions. While play is certainly involved, there’s something much deeper happening beneath the surface.

Play therapy does so much more than just “keeping a child entertained.” At its core, it’s a powerful therapeutic approach that meets children exactly where they are developmentally and emotionally.

Play as a Child’s Natural Language

Children don’t process emotions in the same way adults do. Their brains are still developing, particularly the areas responsible for verbal expression, impulse control, and emotional regulation. When a child feels overwhelmed, anxious, or is dealing with something painful, they often lack the vocabulary to explain what’s happening inside.

This is where play becomes invaluable. It serves as a bridge between what children feel and what they can express, allowing them to communicate complex emotions through a language that feels natural and safe.

The Symbolic Power of Play Materials

In play therapy, toys aren’t chosen randomly. They’re carefully selected tools that serve symbolic purposes. Dolls, figures, art materials, sand trays, and games allow children to express internal experiences safely and indirectly. A child might reenact a difficult situation, repeat a particular theme, or tell a story through play that reflects what they’re feeling inside.

This symbolic expression creates an emotional distance that makes processing difficult experiences more manageable. Talking about something can feel too intense for a child, but playing it out feels safe and controllable.

Supporting Nervous System Regulation

Play therapy also addresses nervous system regulation in ways that talk therapy simply cannot for young children. Many children who come to therapy are stuck in fight, flight, or freeze responses, especially if they’ve experienced trauma, loss, or chronic stress.

Through consistent, attuned play sessions, the child’s nervous system begins to settle. Safety is experienced rather than explained, which is particularly important for children whose verbal processing skills are still developing.

The Therapeutic Relationship

The relationship between child and therapist is central to the healing process. The therapist follows the child’s lead, sets predictable boundaries, and responds with warmth and genuine curiosity. Over time, this models secure attachment for children who may not have consistently experienced it elsewhere. This safe, accepting relationship becomes the foundation upon which emotional healing can occur.

Through play therapy, children organically develop essential emotional skills. They learn to identify feelings, tolerate distress, develop coping strategies, and practice problem-solving. All of this happens naturally within the play itself, without pressure to perform or say the right thing. The process honors their developmental stage while gently expanding their emotional capacity.

Trauma Processing Through Play

For children who’ve experienced trauma, play therapy is especially powerful. Trauma is stored in the body and sensory memory, not just in words or conscious thoughts. Play allows children to process these experiences in a way that aligns with how trauma is held in the brain. This happens slowly, gently, and at their own pace.

Parents sometimes worry that progress is hard to measure because play therapy doesn’t look like traditional talk therapy. However, changes often show up outside the therapy room first. Improved behavior, better emotional regulation, fewer meltdowns, and increased flexibility and connection are all signs that the therapeutic work is taking effect.

It’s also worth noting that play therapy isn’t just for young children. Older children and even adolescents can benefit, especially when traditional talk therapy feels intimidating or inaccessible. The approach adapts as the child grows, meeting them wherever they are in their development.

Play therapy works because it honors children’s natural language, respects their nervous system needs, and provides the safety necessary for genuine healing.

If you’re concerned about your child’s emotional well-being, we’re here to help. We specialize in play therapy and other child-centered approaches that support lasting healing. Contact us today to learn more about how we can support your family.

Published: January 21, 2026 | Posted by Mary Ellen Benz 

There’s something truly magical about watching a child play. Whether they’re building block towers, creating imaginary worlds, or running around the backyard, play is how children naturally explore the world around them. It’s their way of making sense of experiences, expressing themselves, and processing life’s moments.

When you hear about play therapy, you might wonder how it’s different from regular play. The short answer is that play therapy takes something children do naturally and uses it in a purposeful and therapeutic way. Let’s explore what makes this approach so unique and effective.

Play Is Like a Child’s Language

Children don’t always have the words to explain their big feelings, especially after stressful or traumatic experiences. While adults can talk through their problems, kids often lack the vocabulary or emotional maturity to articulate what’s happening inside.

Play gives children a safe and structured way to communicate through something familiar and comfortable. A trained play therapist can observe and guide this process, helping kids work through difficult emotions and build essential coping skills—all through the language they know best.

Key Differences Between Play and Play Therapy

While both regular play and play therapy involve children engaging with toys and activities, there are several important distinctions.

The biggest difference is that a trained mental health professional is present during play therapy. Free play is spontaneous and unstructured, while play therapy is facilitated by someone who understands child development and therapeutic techniques.

Your child will also play in an intentional environment. The playroom itself is carefully designed with therapeutic goals in mind. Toys and materials are selected with specific intentions to help children express feelings, solve problems, and work through challenges. Everything serves a purpose.

Play therapy takes a goal-oriented approach. Play therapy has clear objectives and therapeutic goals. Rather than simply letting a child play for entertainment, the therapist tracks progress over time and guides the child toward healing and growth.

Many play therapists include parent sessions as part of treatment. These sessions allow therapists to share observations, teach parents new skills, and provide strategies for supporting their child’s growth at home.

What Play Therapy Can Help With and Why It Works

Play therapy is remarkably effective because it feels natural and safe for children. This familiar environment lowers their defenses and allows them to process difficult experiences at their own pace.

Play therapy can help children work through:

• Anxiety and fears
• Major life changes like divorce or moving
• Trauma and abuse
• Behavioral challenges
• Social difficulties
• Grief and loss
• Self-esteem issues

The beauty of this approach is that children don’t feel like they’re “in therapy,” they’re simply playing. Yet through this play, they’re developing emotional regulation skills, processing experiences, and building resilience.

Taking Play a Step Further

Normal play is essential for healthy childhood development. It promotes creativity, social skills, and cognitive growth. However, play therapy takes this natural process further by using play as a deliberate tool for healing.

When children struggle with emotional or behavioral challenges, play therapy provides a bridge between their inner world and the healing they need. It honors their developmental stage while providing the professional support necessary for genuine change.

If you’re concerned about your child’s emotional well-being or notice they’re struggling to cope with life’s challenges, play therapy might be exactly what they need. This gentle, child-centered approach can help your little one find their voice, process their experiences, and develop the skills they need to thrive.

Ready to learn more about how play therapy can help your child? Reach out to us by visiting our contact page to schedule a consultation and discover the healing power of purposeful play.

As a parent, you know your child better than anyone. You notice when something seems off, when they’re struggling, or when their usual spark dims. While adults can talk through their problems, children naturally turn to what comes most easily to them: play.

Play therapy harnesses this natural tendency, providing children with a safe space to express themselves and process difficult emotions or experiences.

But how do you know if your child would benefit from play therapy?

1. Big, Overwhelming Emotions

Does your child seem to experience emotions that feel too big for their little body? Children who would benefit from play therapy often struggle with intense feelings that show up as frequent meltdowns, explosive anger, or complete withdrawal from family activities.

You might notice your child going from happy to devastated in seconds, or becoming so overwhelmed that they can’t calm down for extended periods. Play therapy helps children develop healthy coping strategies for managing intense emotions. Through play, they can practice expressing feelings safely and learn techniques to regulate their emotional responses.

2. Sudden Changes in Behavior

Children typically develop consistent patterns in their daily routines and preferences. When these patterns shift dramatically without a clear explanation, it may signal underlying stress or emotional struggles.

Maybe your child, who once loved school, now cries every morning at drop-off. Maybe your independent child has become extremely clingy, following you from room to room.

These behavioral changes often indicate that something is troubling your child, even if they can’t articulate what’s wrong. Play therapy provides a non-threatening way for children to explore and address whatever might be causing these shifts.

3. Difficulties After Major Life Changes

Life transitions can be particularly challenging for children, whose world feels most secure when it’s predictable. Major changes like divorce, moving to a new home, starting at a new school, or welcoming a new sibling can create significant stress.

Play therapy offers children a safe space to work through these life transitions. Through play, they can process their feelings about change, develop coping skills, and gradually adjust to their new circumstances.

4. Trouble with Social Skills or Friendships

Social relationships become increasingly important as children grow, but not all children naturally develop the skills needed for successful friendships. You might notice your child struggling to make friends, having difficulty keeping friendships, or frequently getting into conflicts with peers.

Common social challenges include trouble sharing, difficulty communicating needs or feelings appropriately, problems with taking turns, or not understanding social cues from other children.

In play therapy, children can practice social skills in a low-pressure environment. They learn important concepts like empathy, cooperation, and effective communication through guided play activities that feel natural and enjoyable.

5. Trauma or Ongoing Anxiety

If your child has experienced a traumatic event or struggles with persistent anxiety, they need tools to process these difficult experiences. Trauma can result from obvious events like accidents or loss, but also from experiences that might seem minor to adults but feel overwhelming to children.

Ongoing anxiety might manifest as constant worry, difficulty sleeping, fear of separation, or physical symptoms like stomachaches or headaches without a medical cause.

Play therapy provides a gentle, child-friendly approach to trauma processing and anxiety management. Children can work through difficult experiences at their own pace in a safe, supportive environment.

Taking the Next Step

If you recognize several of these signs in your child, play therapy might be a valuable resource for your family.

Play therapy can help children develop emotional regulation skills, process difficult experiences, and build confidence in their ability to handle life’s challenges. Most importantly, it meets children where they are, using their natural language of play to promote healing and growth.

If you’re considering play therapy for your child, don’t hesitate to reach out. Together, we can help you determine whether play therapy would be beneficial and create a treatment plan tailored to your child’s specific needs.

Published by Mary Ellen Benz on November 3, 2025

Anxiety in children is more common than we realize. While traditional talk therapy can be effective for some, many kids struggle to articulate their feelings through words alone. Play therapy is a unique and developmentally appropriate approach to helping anxious children express themselves, process their emotions, and develop coping strategies in a safe and supportive environment. Here’s how it works.

What is Play Therapy?

Play therapy is an approach that encourages children to use play as a form of communication with a trusted therapist. It’s easier for adults to use words to express their feelings and experiences. But children tend to use play to explore what they’re going through, since they might not yet have the verbal capacity to articulate or understand their thoughts. Through play, children can externalize their worries in a way that feels safe and natural to them.

Therapists use a variety of tools and techniques, including toys, art materials, dolls, puppets, and sand trays, to help kids work through their emotions. Their sessions are typically structured to be child-led, which allows the child to engage in activities that feel most comfortable to them while the therapist observes, interacts, and provides guidance when needed.

How Play Therapy Helps Anxious Children

Providing a safe outlet for expression

Anxiety can be overwhelming for children, especially if they have difficulty verbalizing what they’re worried about. Play therapy provides a safe and supportive space where children can express their emotions without directly talking about them.

Helping children understand and process their feelings

Through play, children can act out scenarios that mirror their real-life issues. This allows them to better understand their emotions. A therapist might use storytelling or role-playing to help the child explore different aspects of their anxiety in a way that feels manageable and less threatening.

Teaching healthy coping mechanisms

One of the main goals of play therapy is to equip children with effective coping strategies to manage their anxiety outside the therapist’s office. Through play, therapists may introduce calming techniques, such as deep breathing, mindfulness exercises, and relaxation strategies. These techniques help children learn how to regulate their emotions when feeling stressed.

Building self-confidence

Anxious children often struggle with feelings of helplessness and low self-esteem. Play therapy gives children the space to make their own choices, solve problems, and navigate challenges, which ultimately develops their sense of control over their lives. As they find successes in their play, they build confidence in their ability to more effectively handle real-life situations.

Strengthening parent-child relationships

Many play therapy approaches encourage parental involvement, giving parents the chance to better understand what their child is going through. Therapists often give parents guidance about how they can best support their child outside of therapy. This might mean reinforcing coping strategies at home and creating a nurturing environment, so their child can feel more emotionally secure.

Who can benefit from play therapy?

Play therapy is especially beneficial for children between the ages of 3 and 12, but it can be adapted for older children and adolescents. It’s commonly used to treat anxiety disorders, including generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), social anxiety, separation anxiety, and specific phobias. Play therapy can also be effective for children experiencing stress due to life transitions, trauma, or family issues.

Finding a Play Therapist

If your child is struggling with big emotions and often feels overwhelmed, consider reaching out to a therapist who specializes in play therapy. Schedule an initial consultation with us to determine whether our therapists are a good fit for you and your child. Together, we can give your child the safe space they need to express themselves.

June 14, 2025 

Play is a creative and adventurous activity that comes naturally to children. It is a time where they can feel alive, entering a world that is entirely their own. Therapists can sometimes utilize something called Play Therapy into counseling sessions as a way to build trust and safety.

In relation to this, Theraplay is a concept that basically incorporates play with parental figures. Its differences, however, are that Play Therapy is normally child-led, meaning the direction of play is following what the child wants. Theraplay is where caregivers and the therapist control the narrative of play, encouraging the child to use words and feelings rather than objects for expression.

So what exactly are Play Therapy and Theraplay? And how do they help children feel safe, loved, and connected?

What Is Play Therapy?

Play Therapy is a form of therapy that uses a child’s natural language—play—to help them express their feelings, process potential trauma, and build coping skills.

Children may not be able to verbally say, “I’m feeling anxious because my parents are fighting,” but they can act it out through toys or role-play.

Key Components of Play Therapy

• Non-Directive Techniques: The child leads the session while the therapist observes and supports.
• Symbolic Expression: Toys and drawings can symbolically represent a child’s inner world.
• Safe Space for Emotions: Play becomes a way in which anger, fear, or sadness can be safely explored.
• Therapist Relationship: The therapist joins the child’s world with empathy, modeling safe interactions for the child to witness.

How Play Therapy Supports Attachment

By meeting the child in the safety of their imaginal world, the therapist creates a secure base—mirroring what an ideal caregiver would do. Over time, this can:

• Rebuild trust in caregivers or other adults.
• Support a child’s emotional regulation and their self-awareness.
• Strengthen their self-esteem and identity.
• Promote a sense of safety and connection.

Play Therapy helps children relearn how to relate to others in a healthy, trusting way.

What Is Theraplay?

Theraplay is a structured, attachment-based therapy that uses playful and nurturing interactions to repair the parent-child relationship and help the child feel secure.

Unlike Play Therapy, Theraplay is adult-directed, which means it focuses on relationships rather than utilizing objects for storytelling. It draws from attachment theory and explores the principles of healthy parent-child interactions.

Key Components of Theraplay

• Structure: The adult takes the lead, offering safe activities to do with the child.
• Engagement: Sharing joyful experiences together, like playing a board game or mirroring facial expressions, will foster connection.
• Nurture: Activities that replicate early caregiving—feeding, rocking, or gentle touches—help rewire how children experience comfort.
• Challenge: Adults present small, achievable tasks and support the child as they complete it to build confidence.

Theraplay often feels like playing simple games, but each activity is strategically chosen by the caregiver and therapist to activate secure attachment.

How Theraplay Supports Attachment

Theraplay is designed to mimic secure attachment. Over time, this kind of interaction helps reshape the child’s way of forming healthy relationships.

• Repeated positive interactions can change attachment disruptions.
• Children learn to regulate themselves in times of high emotion by self-soothing or seeking comfort.
• Caregivers learn to be more responsive and emotionally available to children.
• Mutual trust is rebuilt through play.

Integrating Play Therapy and Theraplay in Practice

Many therapists blend elements of both approaches, depending on the child’s needs and therapeutic goals.

• Play Therapy allows space for safe emotional exploration and processing.
• Theraplay strengthens the parent-child bond and encourages attachment repair.
• Together, they offer a powerful tool belt to support healing from relationship wounds.

Both of these approaches recognize that healing for children doesn’t just happen through talking—it happens through secure relationships, emotional safety, and play. Reach out today for further information on how these techniques can be custom-fit for you and your child.

Beyond popular belief, children have just as many thoughts and feelings as adults do. The difference? They are not yet equipped with the language to express what’s on their minds. This is where play therapy comes in—a therapeutic approach that allows children to communicate, explore emotions, and process experiences through play.

What Is Play Therapy?

Play therapy is a form of psychotherapy that uses play as a means for children to express thoughts and emotions, resolve conflicts, and develop problem-solving skills. It provides a safe, supportive environment where children can process their feelings at their own pace.

Key Components of Play Therapy

• Non-Directive and Directive Approaches: Non-directive play therapy allows the child to take the lead, while directive play therapy involves structured activities guided by the therapist.
• Use of Toys and Creative Materials: Items like dolls, puppets, sand trays, and art supplies help children externalize their emotions.
• A Trained Therapist: A licensed play therapist observes and interprets the child’s play to gain insights into their emotional state.
• A Safe and Comfortable Setting: The therapy room is designed to be welcoming, where children feel secure expressing themselves.

How Play Therapy Helps With Anxiety

Children with anxiety often feel overwhelmed by their emotions, so they may struggle to articulate their worries or fears. Play therapy helps by providing an alternative, non-verbal method for expression and processing.

Benefits of Play Therapy

• Encourages Emotional Expression: Play allows for children to communicate feelings that they may not have the words for.
• Reduces Stress and Tension: Engaging in play helps lower cortisol, or the stress hormone, and promotes relaxation.
• Enhances Problem-Solving: Through play scenarios, children learn to navigate challenges and develop coping strategies.
• Improves Self-Regulation: Activities in play therapy teach children how to manage overwhelming emotions in a healthy way.
• Boosts Self-Esteem and Confidence: Successfully expressing themselves and overcoming challenges in play helps build a child’s sense of self-worth.
• Strengthens Parent-Child Relationships: In some cases, therapists involve parents in the play therapy process, enhancing communication and bonding.

Common Techniques Used in Play Therapy

Play therapists utilize various techniques to help children express and process their emotions. Some of the most effective techniques for treating anxiety include:

• Sand Tray Therapy: Children create scenes in a sandbox using miniature figurines, helping them express internal conflicts.
• Art Therapy: Drawing, painting, or sculpting allows children to externalize fears and emotions.
• Doll and Puppet Play: Using dolls or puppets, children can act out scenarios that mirror their experiences and anxieties.
• Storytelling: Reading and discussing books about emotions and challenges can help children relate to certain characters and work on finding solutions.
• Sensory Play: Activities involving textures, body movement, or fidget toys help children regulate emotions and reduce stress.

What Parents Can Expect

If you’re considering play therapy for your child, it’s helpful to know what to expect from the process.

• Initial Assessment: The therapist will first meet with the parents to understand the child’s history, challenges and concerns, and personal goals. The therapist will then take time to build rapport with the child through games and activities.
• Regular Sessions: Typically, sessions occur between 30-50 minutes once a week, depending on the age and needs of the child. Consistency with engaging in sessions is crucial for treatment effectiveness.
• Progress Updates: Parents are not directly involved in every session, however, therapists may provide feedback on specific themes emerging in play activities. They may make certain suggestions on the best ways for parents to support their child at home or at school.
• Gradual Improvement: While play therapy is effective, the results take time. Be patient and give your child the space to heal and grow on their own time.

Play therapy is a powerful tool to learn to overcome anxiety. If your child is struggling with anxiety, explore play therapy as an option! Reach out today for a free 15 minute phone consultation.

Published: March 28, 2025  Child, Adolescent, and Adult Counseling of Denver