Play Therapy for Parents – Innerventure [Carolina Critchley]

Play & Creative Arts Therapy

Explained for Parents

If you are worried about your child and you don’t know what else to do, you don’t need to delay getting help. We know that feeling concerned about a child who is in distress shows just how caring you are.

Children and young people who may be experiencing difficulties in life often struggle to make sense of their emotions and therefore lack the vocabulary to express how they feel.

Play Therapy is an evidence-based psychotherapeutic treatment that allows children and young people access to therapeutic support that is delivered at their own level and at their own pace, without them feeling interrogated or threatened by the relationship with an adult.

Hi, I’m Carolina!

As a Play Therapist, I am a qualified professional who will offer your child toys and the ability to play and express themselves in a way that makes sense to them. In the process of playing, I will be helping your child understand their muddled feelings and any upsetting events that they haven’t had the chance to sort out properly and that are affecting their behaviour and impacting their ability to connect with you and fully access the joy of living.

With toys, your child will be using their own words, and by accessing all forms of play, art and drama in their purest expression, they will be using their own language to communicate their struggles, understand how some events may have impacted them, and get in touch with their own emotions to develop a sense of control and ownership of themselves in the world. In short, your child will be using their inner strength to affect the positive change they wish to see in their lives.

When you work with me, you will see that even though Play Therapy sessions are confidential to your child, we will be exploring ways that help you understand your child’s behavioural communication, so that you too will feel empowered and able to connect with them and re-establish the harmony in your relationship.

My experience has shown that Play Therapy works because it considers and respects your child for who they are. Our relationship is non-judgemental and accepting of their uniqueness; and this will encourage your child to find their own solutions and build upon their sense-of-self without ever changing who they truly are.