Play Therapy

In a natural atmosphere of play, Dr. E’s Play Therapy aims to resolve the fixations, regressions, and, where possible, developmental deficiencies and deviations that seem to have derailed the child’s normal development. Once these impediments are assuaged or he has established sufficient trust in the goodness of his environment of family, objects, and arenas of functioning, normal development can resume and behavioral symptoms will be more manageable.

Wherever applicable, play therapy will utilize behavioral-cognitive techniques (modeling, role playing, contingency reinforcement, token/nonverbal rewards, and the like) to help the child attain the main therapeutic goals of verbalizing his or her feelings about his or her situation, family, school, teachers and classmates; displaying appropriate behavior when his or her parents or teachers ask him to do something; and moderating his or her negative impulses more creatively, like through time out, sports, hobbies, and art.

PARENTAL COACHING SESSIONS

To complement the child’s play therapy, it will be beneficial to support his or her parents in their effort to help him or her be a better-adjusted child through their parenting efforts. This can be done through monthly progress meetings with the play therapist.