What is Play Therapy?

Play Therapy provides the child with an opportunity to express their thoughts, emotions and desires, as well as to process their experiences through the medium of play, while using a range of creative tools.

Play Therapy is a psychological based therapy used to help children between the ages of 3 and 12, making use of a variety of play and creative arts techniques to alleviate chronic, mild and moderate psychological and emotional conditions in children. It is based on the therapeutic value of play and the benefits that play has on the emotional, social, cognitive, physical, language and creative development of the child.