Bloom Play Therapy offers mobile and clinic-based Play Therapy and Occupational Therapy services to children and their families in Perth.
What is Child-Centred Play Therapy?
- Play is a child’s natural language and children naturally want to play and have fun
- Play therapy sessions are child-led, allowing the child to be their playful and authentic selves with a sense of control to make their own decisions
- Play therapy sessions support children to freely express and process their thoughts and feelings through their play actions
- Play therapy sessions support children to explore and engage in sensory and playful experiences that stimulate the senses
- Play therapy sessions provide a safe, familiar, predictable, comfortable space for the child
- Play therapy sessions involve a variety of toys, art and sensory materials that the child can use for self-expression
- Children are accepted, respected, encouraged and supported in play therapy sessions, allowing them to be themselves and freely express themselves so they can process their thoughts and feelings
Child-Centred Play Therapy can support children with the following challenges:
- Anxiety
- ADHD
- Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Trauma
- Difficulty with managing emotions, expressing themselves and being understood by others
- Difficulties with communicating with others and struggling to have healthy relationships with others (parents, siblings or friends)
- Difficulty making decisions with clarity
- Struggling to express their emotions in healthy ways
- Difficulty making and keeping friends
Child-Centred Play Therapy can help support children to develop improvements in the following skills:
- Emotional regulation skills
- Social and communication skills
- Developing positive and connected relationships with others
- Decision-making sills
- Problem-solving skills
- Creative thinking skills
- Sensory regulation skills
- Self-esteem and confidence
- Self-expression skills
- Self-awareness
- Self-acceptance
- Positive sense of self
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