Play Therapy Blog

Tantrums can be quite tough to deal with as a parent. When your child erupts in a mall or "loses it" while you're at the grocery store,...

First of all, what is Play therapy? Simply put, it is a type of therapy where a therapist uses play, toys, and games to help the child...

Your child has free will and they won't always listen to you all the time. We're also just human, and we won't always be able to execute...

No universal guidebook to parenting tells you how exactly you should raise your child. Often parents develop styles over time,...

A lot of us growing up may not have had parents who modeled how to work through difficult emotions for us. In an ideal world, we would...

We've all been there! You find yourself having to yell at the top of your lungs to get your children to listen and do as they're told!...

It goes without saying that you care very much about how you interact with your children and how you raise them. Parents that struggle...

Welcome to Mental Health Awareness Month! We want to share some Play Therapy techniques you can try at home with your little one....

Having a child that is non-verbal can be challenging, which is why we are big advocates of Play! My experiences working with children...

If you think about the concept of Play or ever watched a group of children "playing" you will notice that it is all about interacting...

Play therapy is a long-standing alternative therapy treatment option for children and the consensus among child psychiatrists and...

In my experience, I have learned that Play is the natural language of choice for all children. Last night at dinner, I sat across from a...

April is a special time of the year as it is Autism awareness month. To kick it off, I have a very special announcement to make. I, Fecha...

As adults, we sometimes find that we a not equipped to emotionally process a situation like losing a loved one or facing the aftermath of...

Most people feel anxious when they have to do something new for the first time, like starting a new job, for children it may be the first...

They don't call being a parent the toughest job in the world for no reason! Many of us have thought about what it would be like raising a...

I'm sure you've heard the term "gentle parenting" floating around the internet lately. If this is a new concept to you, we'll attempt to...

We have recently updated our quiz to give parents a better idea of how Play Therapy can help parents and children bring resolution to...

When most parents think about messy play, they think urgh, another mess to clean up. Little do they know these sensory experiences hold...

I often get asked just how effective Play Therapy is by parents. Over the course of my career of working with children, I see first-hand...