Child Sessions

Child Sessions

Short-Term, Structured Play Therapy

A 12-week guided experience for children

A Different Kind of Therapy Experience

Each series is a 12-week, guided play therapy process that begins with a parent intake and orientation, then unfolds through developmentally attuned sessions with therapist guidance, alongside steady parent support.

This is not open-ended therapy.

It’s a clear, contained experience designed to support meaningful growth within a defined timeframe.


🌿 Each series is:

  • Structured and time-limited (12 weeks)
  • Focused on a specific area of growth
  • Designed to create movement, insight, and new experiences
  • Supported by parent guidance and involvement

Children engage in developmentally attuned play therapy sessions with therapist guidance, while parents receive a steady rhythm of support and insight throughout the process.

Read more about the short-term play therapy series investment with the link.

Who this is and is not for?

Short-Term, Structured Play Therapy Series are best suited for:

  • children working through specific, contained challenges
  • families looking for a clear beginning, middle, and end
  • those wanting practical tools and relational insight, not long-term therapy

These offerings are not designed for:

  • trauma processing or complex trauma history
  • ongoing or high-intensity mental health needs
  • crisis support or long-term therapeutic care

 

In these cases, a longer-term or specialized therapy model is more appropriate.

The 4 Short-term series options:

Each series is designed around a specific area of growth:

🌿 Finding Calm (Anxiety Support)
🌿 Express & Feel (Emotional Expression)
🌿 Strong Inside (Self-Worth & Confidence)
🌿 Growing Through Change (Life Transitions)

Finding Calm

For children experiencing anxiety with a clear context

A gentle, play-based space to understand worry, build regulation, and experience moments of calm and confidence.


🌼 This series supports:

  • separation anxiety (mild–moderate)
  • school-related anxiety
  • worry patterns that show up in play or daily routines

🌿 What the focus looks like:

Through sandtray, narrative play, and relational support, your child will:

  • begin to recognize their internal signals of anxiety
  • experience moments of regulation and relief in-session
  • build early confidence using support strategies at home

🌱 What this is (and isn’t):

This is a skill-building and experience-based series, not long-term anxiety treatment.

The goal is not to eliminate anxiety—but to help your child feel more capable moving through it.

Express & Feel

For children who have difficulty expressing emotions

A supportive space for children to explore feelings through play when words are hard to access.


🌼 This series supports:

  • difficulty identifying or expressing emotions
  • shutdown, avoidance, or “I don’t know” responses
  • big feelings that come out through behavior instead of words

🌿 What the focus looks like:

Using sandtray, storytelling, and symbolic play, your child will:

  • expand their emotional awareness
  • practice safe expression through play
  • begin connecting internal experiences to outward expression

🌱 What this is (and isn’t):

This is not deep emotional processing or trauma work.

It’s a gentle expansion of emotional language and expression within a safe, supported space.

Strong Inside

For children building self-worth and internal confidence

A play-based experience that supports children in reshaping how they see themselves.


🌼 This series supports:

  • negative self-talk (“I’m bad,” “I can’t”)
  • perfectionism or fear of getting things wrong
  • fragile confidence or hesitation to try

🌿 What the focus looks like:

Through narrative play and relational experiences, your child will:

  • explore and reshape their internal self-story
  • experience moments of competence and capability
  • build a more flexible and compassionate sense of self

🌱 What this is (and isn’t):

This is not long-term self-esteem therapy.

It’s an intentional experience of new ways of being and seeing oneself—that can continue growing after the series ends.

Growing Through Change

For children navigating transitions and life adjustments

A steady, supportive space to process change and build a sense of stability.


🌼 This series supports:

  • school changes or transitions
  • new sibling or family shifts
  • moves or routine disruptions

🌿 What the focus looks like:

Through play and storytelling, your child will:

  • process change at their own pace
  • express and organize their internal experience
  • build a sense of continuity and emotional grounding

🌱 What this is (and isn’t):

This is not long-term therapy for complex family situations.

It’s a short-term support process to help your child move through change with more ease.

How to Choose

If you’re unsure which series fits best, you don’t need to decide alone. We’ll discuss during your consultation and assessment.

Some play therapy models and approaches that we draw from:

Narrative Play Therapy – Some clients will come home with written stories or create live action stories with their therapist in session. The focus can be to recreate the story of something difficult and provide a more self-actualizing experience whereby gaining insight and express one’s feelings, cognitions and skills among other benefits.

Client Centered Play Therapy – In this school of thought the client is assisted in expressing their feelings and finding solutions by being given the opportunity to bring forward what they feel is most critical to them. This allows the child to address what is most difficult through symbolism. The therapist joins their world through accepting symbolism.

Cognitive Behavioral Play Therapy – This is a particularly useful approach for older children and children that are aware, open and ready to discuss the challenges they’ve come to therapy for.

Expressive and Experiential Therapies – These are popular for all ages including in family sessions. Sandtray , art therapy, symbolic play therapy, creative writing, active meditation, relaxation activities, mindfulness, and guided imagery.

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