Play and Creative Arts Therapy is a powerful therapeutic intervention effective with children between the ages of 4 and 14. Play is our first language and children’s natural method of expression. Play Therapy is an effective intervention for children with a range of difficulties including: anxiety, bereavement, hyperactivity, family breakdown, separation anxiety, bedwetting, trauma, low self esteem, sensory processing difficulties, amongst others.
Through play, children can explore emotions and events. Children make sense of their world through play in both literal and metaphorical ways. Children can access the whole brain with sensory, metaphorical and creative opportunities which can support in regulating and processing trauma and related responses.
The Play Therapy room is a safe, private and consistent space in which children are able to freely play and explore a range of mediums that meet their physical, emotional and sensory needs. The consistent space provides a therapeutic anchor for children with emotional and behavioural difficulties. Within the play room the kit includes a broad range of mediums for exploration including; sand, miniature symbols, clay, role-play, puppets, art, therapeutic stories, music and movement.
