by Crissy Himelstein | Jul 30, 2025 | Play Therapy
Introduction to the Playroom For parents new to play therapy, it’s natural to feel curious about what happens during a session. Play therapy isn’t just “playtime”—it’s a thoughtfully structured therapeutic approach designed to help children process emotions through...
by Leah Molloy | Nov 12, 2018 | Parenting
As parents, we often experience feelings of frustration, anger, or discouragement when our child misbehaves and NOTHING that we try seems to work. We find ourselves asking: “What is wrong with my child?” or “What is wrong with my parenting?” After reading Positive...
by Crissy Himelstein | Oct 28, 2018 | Play Therapy
Anxiety in childhood Just like adults, children occasionally experience anxiety and some children are anxious more frequently or more intensely than others. Most of the time this is an understandable reaction to current circumstances and will dissipate with little...
by Crissy Himelstein | Sep 21, 2018 | Play Therapy
Play therapy is a psycho-therapeutic approach used to help children ages 3 to 12 explore their lives and freely express thoughts and emotions through play. Therapeutic play normally takes place in a safe, comfortable playroom, where very few rules or limits are...
by Crissy Himelstein | Feb 13, 2017 | Play Therapy
The right time to seek out therapy is a question parents commonly struggle with. Due to the many stages and changes that children go through, sometimes adverse behaviors observed at one point seem to resolve themselves as time passes. Others seem to linger in milder...
