When children are given a chance to lead, explore, and demonstrate their own resiliency–they are given the opportunity to grow, heal, and change from within.
If you asked yourself, “What do I want my children to remember in twenty years?”
What would your answer be?
Our answer is that they would remember feeling loved, understood, and connected to our family.
It is easier for a child to create a scene in a sand tray than it is to talk about the issue. Subconsciously, the child can make the connections to their own life and begin to work through their problems.
I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Florida, Colorado and Alabama and Registered Play Therapist. I have obtained a master’s degree in Clinical Social Work from Florida State University, a post graduate certificate in Play Therapy from the University of Wyoming, and a post graduate certificate in Equine Assisted Mental Health from the University of Denver. For the past 18 years I have worked with children and their families as a psychosocial, individual, and group counselor, case manager, elementary school teacher, tutor, and now as a trauma informed children’s behavioral health therapist utilizing play therapy techniques. Child-Centered Play Therapy, Synergetic Play Therapy, Instinctual Response to Trauma Method, and Child-Parent Relationship Therapy are my biggest influences when working with children and their families to connect, heal, and grow through play. I believe that when children are given a chance to lead, explore, and demonstrate their own resiliency—they are given the opportunity to grow, heal, and change from within. I am currently working on my certification in Synergetic Play Therapy. At Play Heal Grow, children are provided a safe and calm atmosphere where they feel comfortable to be themselves and communicate through play freely. I work with children to help them explore and process their thoughts, problems, emotions, and regulation through play. Through parent support, I work to empower parents with skills to help their children navigate emotional needs, self-regulation, and build self-resiliency at home and in their daily lives. I support parents in understanding their emotional needs within the parental relationship, to understand their own windows of tolerance, and how to model self-regulation for their children.
