Category: Play therapy
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Why Do Therapists Use Play Therapy?
Children need to be made comfortable in order to open up and share. They often require a playful environment, one that doesn’t even feel like therapy. Play therapy is to children what counseling is to adults. Play therapy utilizes play, children’s natural medium of expression, to help them express their feelings more easily through toys…
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How Can A Therapist Help Your Child?
Adults aren’t the only ones who need and benefit from therapy. Parent’s do not have the same knowledge as a trained child therapist. Therefore, some label their children’s behaviors as ‘kids being kids’ when in reality, there is an underlying diagnosis. A child therapist has the knowledge and vocabulary to give a name/condition to the…
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What Does A Child Therapist Do?
A child therapist specializes in helping children overcome their mental health struggles. Unfortunately, Mental health problems amongst children can be overlooked by adults as just a child acting out. Parents can sometimes just assume that their child ‘will grow out of it’. However, the sad truth is that children can suffer with psychological, emotional, cognitive and…