Children are referred to play therapy for a range of reasons. Some of these include:
- Anxiety or phobias
- Low self esteem
- Struggles with emotional regulation and coping skills
- Struggles with family relationships
- Friendship difficulties
- Isolation and struggles to play with other children
- Bullying
- Communication difficulties
- Struggles with social skills
- Lack of empathy and respect for others
- Nightmares and sleep difficulties
- Loss or bereavement
- Parental separation or divorce
- Neurodiversity
- Developmental delay
- Behavioural difficulties
- Struggles with transition to a new school or year group
- Suspension or exclusion from school
- Experience of trauma
- Experience of abuse or neglect
- Witnessing domestic violence
‘Inside every child there is story that needs to be told’.
– Donald Winnicott
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