What Play Therapy can
help with
Play Therapy can be helpful to children who may be experiencing any of the difficulties shown below. Situations can be complex, subtle and individual to your child/family, please contact Scarlett and make an appointment to see if Play Therapy is a good fit for your child and you.
Some areas where Play Therapy may help
Emotional behavioural and social difficulties
- Undue anger, aggression, anxiety, fear, sadness, worry, shyness
- Sense of self e.g. self esteem, self-acceptance, confidence
- Sleeping & eating difficulties
- Selective Mutism
- Enuresis, encopresis
- ADHD
- ASD
Birth and identity
- Bonding and attachment
- Fostering, adoption, identity
Trauma
- Trauma e.g. witnessing or experiencing domestic violence, accidents etc.
- Trauma debriefing
Adjusting to life and family changes
- Family breakdown, parental conflict, separation, divorce
- Family change: new siblings, blended families
- Grief and loss
- Attachment issues
School difficulties
- Adjustment: new school, settling down, getting on with others
- Behavioural issues
- Social issues e.g. friends, bullying or being bullied etc.
- Emotional issues stemming from the stress of having learning difficulties, attentional difficulties etc.
Other
- Child’s or family member’s previous or current illness/hospitalisation
- Physical symptoms without medical cause