Have you heard of play therapy? ✨ It’s an evidence based, and highly researched/studied form of mental health counseling with a wide range of potential benefits including: 👉 Emotional regulation 👉 Social skills 👉 Self-confidence & self-esteem 👉 Anxiety 👉 Depression 👉 Trauma 👉 And on and on and on 💫 Play offers a low stakes environment in which we can explore big challenges. 💫 Play is a fundamental way that humans learn and it promotes cognitive and social-emotional development. 👉 Play

I get a lot of questions about just how play therapy works. Here’s one of my many takes on this: if we don’t play things out as kids, we will continue to play them out for the rest of our lives. #redwoodcenterforchildrenandfamilies #childcenteredplaytherapy #playtherapy #kids #playtherapist #parents #playtherapists #mentalhealth | The Redwood Center for Children & Families

Play Therapy: What Is It and How Does It Work?