Help Your Child Heal & Grow
Play Therapy in La Plata, MD
ARE YOU...
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Worried about your child’s big emotions, frequent meltdowns, or behavior that feels hard to understand?
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Seeing your child struggling to express themselves, manage frustration, or cope with changes at home or school?
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Children often communicate through play long before they can express their feelings with words. When emotions feel too big or confusing, behaviors may show up as clinginess, anger, withdrawal, worry, or acting out. These challenges can make parents feel stressed, unsure how to help, and concerned about their child’s emotional well-being.
What you want most is for your child to feel safe, confident, regulated, and understood.
Research shows that play therapy can lead to significant improvements in emotional regulation, behavior, self-esteem, and social skills, according to the Association for Play Therapy.
Play therapy gives children a safe way to express themselves, process emotions, and build healthy coping skills.
OUR PLAY THERAPY SERVICES ARE DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY FOR CHILDREN WHO NEED A DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE SPACE TO EXPLORE THEIR FEELINGS AND EXPERIENCES.
Using evidence-backed methods such as child-centered play therapy, expressive techniques, and nervous system regulation, we help children communicate in the way that feels most natural to them. Play becomes their language, and the toys become their words.
In sessions, children learn to understand their emotions, manage stress, and develop confidence in their ability to navigate challenges. For young children who struggle with anxiety, emotional outbursts, transitions, grief, or behavioral concerns, play therapy provides a nurturing, supportive environment that encourages healing and growth.
What To Expect
A play therapy session looks very different from traditional talk therapy. Your child enters a warm, welcoming playroom filled with carefully selected toys that help them express a full range of feelings and experiences. The therapist guides the process with gentle structure, allowing your child to take the lead while providing emotional support, reflection, and therapeutic direction.
Children may engage in pretend play, art, sand tray activities, storytelling, or other expressive methods. Your therapist will also provide parent support, regularly sharing insights, progress, and strategies you can use at home to strengthen your child’s emotional development.
Next Steps
To get started, schedule a consultation.
It’s an easy first step to ask questions, share your child’s needs, and be matched with the right clinician. From there, we’ll guide you through the simple steps to begin play therapy.
Your child doesn’t have to navigate big feelings alone. We’re here to help them heal, grow, and thrive
