Play Therapy

Play therapy is defined as a dynamic interpersonal relationship between a child (or person of any age) and a therapist trained in play therapy procedures who provides selected play materials and facilitates the development of a safe relationship for the child (or person of any age) to fully express and explore self (feelings, thoughts, experiences and behaviors) through play, the child’s natural medium of communication, for optimal growth and development. 

•Play bonds people to each other 

•Play fosters creativity, flexibility and learning

•Play is an antidote to loneliness, isolation, anxiety and depression

•Play teaches perseverance 

•Play results in happiness

•Play enhances relationships

•Play helps to develop and increase our social skills 

•Play teaches cooperation