by Jaleesa Adams, PsyD | Feb 10, 2021 | Play Therapy
In honor of Play Therapy Week, we sat down with Dr. Jaleesa Adams, a registered psychologist with the Outpatient program at The Guidance Center to learn more about this therapy model and why it’s an important tool in children’s mental health. Please read through our...
by Megan Bunting, ASW | Feb 7, 2020 | Play Therapy
It’s National Play Therapy Week!In honor of this, clinical therapist Megan Bunting shares a beautiful story of how play therapy helped a young girl find her voice. Allison experienced her first great loss when, at eight-years-old, her dad moved out of their home...
by Valerie Wilson-Lindberg, LCSW | Feb 1, 2019 | Play Therapy
“Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children play is serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood,” by Fred Rogers. As this quote from the iconic “Mr. Rogers” reminds us, it has not been long in our...