What is Play Therapy?
The Basics
You might be thinking, “Is it PLAY or is it THERAPY?”… Great Question! Play therapy is in fact a treatment modality, meant to offer people of all ages the opportunity to express themselves in a safe and embodied way.
Based heavily around the practices of Synergetic Play Therapy, to me this practice is meant to create space for difficult feelings and to then use play as a language to express those feelings.
My job is not to point the spotlight at you and your feeling, but to instead reflect my own as a tool to model the expression of a feeling. I amplify the feeling so it may bloom, and take up all the space it needs!
What does Play Therapy look like for kiddos online?
Sometime, it looks like playing games together online, sometimes it’s very traditional talk therapy. I practice person-centered therapy, meaning that this process is for, you and directed by you, the client.
ADULT PLAY THERAPY?
YES.
Think of it this way...You get to be a kid again, or perhaps you get to be a kid for the first time in your life.
It’s not about toys. What play therapy really comes down to is expression of feeling, connecting it with your somatic (bodily) experience, and witnessing me express those feelings in amplified ways.
What Next?
Next, you can feel free to reach out to schedule your free 30-minute consultation call!
Once we speak, I will provide you with any and all answers to questions you may have. This process can be daunting, tedious, even scary. We are in this together now, and we can handle this!