Play Therapy
Utilizing the child's language of play for compassionate healing and support
Is your child experiencing a tough time that impacts their daily life? Maybe you are witnessing your child facing social, emotional, behavioral, or relational challenges that you are not sure how to best support them. As a parent, if you have exhausted all your effort into seeing desired results with no real lasting outcomes. I welcome you to explore play therapy, an approach that allows the therapist into their world and language.
Megan Hoffman Counseling sees the value in recognizing that each child is unique. Therefore, their goals, treatment plan, and interventions utilized will be personalized to the child. Utilizing research-based play therapeutic approaches such as Child Centered Play Therapy (CCPT), I strive to provide your child and family with the necessary support you are seeking. The play therapy sessions are designed to maximize on your child’s potential for growth through their natural language of play, within safe, accepting, and nurturing space.
Why Play Therapy?
Sometimes finding the right words is hard, especially for children whose primary language is play. Play therapy is an effective researched mental health approach most commonly used with children between the ages of three to twelve in expressing and addressing their presenting concerns. The environment of play therapy is sought to create a space that is safe, genuine, healing, and transformative for the child.
Benefits of Play Therapy
Research in the benefits and the effectiveness of play therapy has been examined and grown over the years, not just for the children in play therapy but the family unit as well. Research on play therapy has shown helpfulness for children experiencing various concerns and needs to receive necessary support and desired improvement.
Some concerns and needs include:
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Academic performance
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ADHD, Autism, Anxiety, Depression, Trauma and other diagnoses/internalizing behaviors
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Aggression, disruptive behaviors, self-control, and other externalizing behaviors
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Attachment issues
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Bereavement and loss
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Enhancement in parent, caregiver, and teacher relationship
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Self-confidence and Self-esteem
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Social and emotional effects
Why choose Megan Hoffman Counseling?
In order to best serve children and their families in play therapy, I have received extensive training and supervised experience to become a Certified Child Centered Play Therapist. I love being a small part of the child’s world as they gain confidence, skills, and tools empowering them and their families to feel more secure, connected and fulfilled throughout their daily lives. Each child and family deserves to be seen as they are and feel supported as they navigate desired outcomes. If you are in need of additional support for your child, it would be an honor to assist your family needs.
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