Child & Play-Based Therapy
Helping Children Express Feelings, Build Confidence, and Feel Emotionally Safe
Is your child struggling to express their emotions, having meltdowns, or withdrawing from others?
Children often do not have the words to explain what they are feeling. When emotions feel overwhelming, they may express them through behavior, frustration, withdrawal, anxiety, or difficulty at school.
At The Couples Therapy & Reunification Counseling, we believe that children are our future. When we help children understand their emotions early in life, we are giving them the tools they need to grow into confident, resilient, and emotionally healthy adults.
For many children, play is their language.
Through play, art, storytelling, games, and creative expression, children are able to communicate thoughts and feelings that may be difficult to put into words. In therapy, we create a safe and nurturing environment where children feel comfortable exploring their emotions, building self awareness, and learning healthy ways to cope with life’s challenges.
Our therapists gently guide children through activities such as drawing, imaginative play, storytelling, games, and creative expression. These tools allow children to open up emotionally while feeling safe, understood, and supported.
When children feel emotionally safe, they begin to build confidence, improve emotional regulation, and develop stronger connections with their caregivers and the world around them.
Driven by curiosity and built on purpose, this is where bold thinking meets thoughtful execution. Let’s create something meaningful together.
How Play Therapy Helps Children
Play therapy helps children:
• Express feelings they may not yet have the words for
• Develop emotional awareness and confidence
• Learn healthy ways to regulate big emotions
• Improve behavior and communication
• Process difficult experiences or transitions
• Strengthen the bond between children and caregivers
Our goal is to help children feel seen, understood, and emotionally supported while building lifelong coping skills.
Our Child Therapy Services
Play Therapy & Creative Expression Therapy
Using play, art, drawing, storytelling, and imagination, children can safely explore feelings and communicate experiences that may be difficult to verbalize.
Emotion Regulation & Behavior Support
Supports children who experience big emotions, meltdowns, aggression, withdrawal, or frustration by teaching calming strategies and emotional language.
Trauma Focused Therapy
Helps children process experiences such as family conflict, divorce, separation, abuse, neglect, or sudden life changes in a safe and developmentally appropriate way.
Attachment Based Therapy
Strengthens the parent child bond and supports children experiencing anxiety, separation distress, or relational insecurity.
Anxiety Support for Children
Addresses fears, school avoidance, separation anxiety, and social anxiety through gentle exposure, coping tools, and emotional safety.
Grief and Loss Counseling
Supports children navigating the loss of a loved one, divorce, family separation, or major life transitions.
EMDR Therapy for Children & Adolescents
Helps children process trauma, anxiety, and emotional distress using developmentally appropriate EMDR techniques.
Somatic & Sensory Based Regulation
Uses body based and sensory strategies to help children and teens regulate their nervous system and feel calmer.
Academic Stress & School Related Anxiety Support
Helps children manage school related stress, performance pressure, and learning related anxiety.
Self Esteem & Identity Development
Supports children in building confidence, emotional awareness, and a healthy sense of self.
A Safe Space for Children to Grow
Every child deserves a place where they can feel safe, understood, and supported.
Our therapists provide a compassionate environment where children can explore their emotions, develop coping skills, and build the emotional foundation needed to thrive in life.
Through play, creativity, and connection, we help children discover their voice and develop the confidence to navigate the world around them.
Schedule a session today and support your child’s emotional wellbeing.
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đź“Ť In-person sessions in Montebello & Newport Beach
đź’» Telehealth available across California
If your child is struggling, we’re here to help both of you navigate this with care and clarity.
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