Play Therapy in 10033
Whatever your reason for considering psychotherapy, I commend you for prioritizing your mental health and urge you to continue on this road. As a psychotherapist with an expertise in trauma informed work, I use the creative arts therapies to achieve the therapeutic goals of self-expression, personal empowerment, and emotional and physical integration. With over 20 years of experience, I offer individual and group therapy, intentionally combining talk therapy, drama therapy, psychodrama and the creative arts to address emotional issues in innovative, unique ways. I am also trained in attachment- focused EMDR.
Whatever your reason for considering psychotherapy, I commend you for prioritizing your mental health and urge you to continue on this road. As a psychotherapist with an expertise in trauma informed work, I use the creative arts therapies to achieve the therapeutic goals of self-expression, personal empowerment, and emotional and physical integration. With over 20 years of experience, I offer individual and group therapy, intentionally combining talk therapy, drama therapy, psychodrama and the creative arts to address emotional issues in innovative, unique ways. I am also trained in attachment- focused EMDR.
We are not meant to struggle and suffer alone. Feeling understood, we understand ourselves better and find courage, inspiration and wisdom to lead authentic lives. Whether you are seeking help with adjusting to stressful life events, managing your own or your child's ADHD, anxiety, depression, parenting or romantic relationships, I hope to help you and/or your child gain a realistic and compassionate understanding of the difficulties, build resilience and improve coping. One of the greatest joys of doing this work is sharing the healing and liberating moments of putting something unspoken or unspeakable into words.
We are not meant to struggle and suffer alone. Feeling understood, we understand ourselves better and find courage, inspiration and wisdom to lead authentic lives. Whether you are seeking help with adjusting to stressful life events, managing your own or your child's ADHD, anxiety, depression, parenting or romantic relationships, I hope to help you and/or your child gain a realistic and compassionate understanding of the difficulties, build resilience and improve coping. One of the greatest joys of doing this work is sharing the healing and liberating moments of putting something unspoken or unspeakable into words.
Patricia Dickey
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-R
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
New York, NY 10033 (Online Only)
Are you feeling Depressed, Anxious, experiencing Panic, concerned about your Mood, seeking help with relational problems or in resolving symptoms associated with past trauma or family of origin issues? I think I can help. https://headway.co/providers/patricia-dickey
Are you feeling Depressed, Anxious, experiencing Panic, concerned about your Mood, seeking help with relational problems or in resolving symptoms associated with past trauma or family of origin issues? I think I can help. https://headway.co/providers/patricia-dickey
As a child and family therapist, I specialize in child therapy helping children to cope with depression, anger, anxiety, school, social and behavioral problems, a divorce, a death, and other family issues. I am a parenting expert and help parents to understand their child's behavior and difficulties and teach them skills for communicating positively with their child. I provide couple and family counseling focused on strengthening family relationships and joint problem solving. Using a psychodynamic approach, I help adults to understand their own early childhood experiences, so they can overcome emotional roadblocks and communicate positively with other family members.
As a child and family therapist, I specialize in child therapy helping children to cope with depression, anger, anxiety, school, social and behavioral problems, a divorce, a death, and other family issues. I am a parenting expert and help parents to understand their child's behavior and difficulties and teach them skills for communicating positively with their child. I provide couple and family counseling focused on strengthening family relationships and joint problem solving. Using a psychodynamic approach, I help adults to understand their own early childhood experiences, so they can overcome emotional roadblocks and communicate positively with other family members.
Thomas E. Gonzalez, LCSW-R
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-R
Verified Verified
New York, NY 10033
I'm Thomas E. Gonzalez, founder and CEO of Integrated Counseling PLLC. As a bilingual psychotherapist with over 18 years of experience, I have successfully treated individuals, couples, families, and the LGBTQ+ community of diverse populations and various needs in achieving desired goals. If you are searching for a compassionate, dedicated therapist that can help you feel empowered to achieve your goals and have a more positive outlook in life, then look no further.
I'm Thomas E. Gonzalez, founder and CEO of Integrated Counseling PLLC. As a bilingual psychotherapist with over 18 years of experience, I have successfully treated individuals, couples, families, and the LGBTQ+ community of diverse populations and various needs in achieving desired goals. If you are searching for a compassionate, dedicated therapist that can help you feel empowered to achieve your goals and have a more positive outlook in life, then look no further.
Maria Fernanda Wilber
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
New York, NY 10033 (Online Only)
Not accepting new clients
Our exposure to stress and trauma is more common than we let on. What we carry within us already, whether through our experiences with racism or discrimination, childhood upbringing, loss, illness or other life events, also informs our repetitive ways of thinking and behaving that may not be helpful to our mental well-being. Despite the prevalence of trauma, we also have the capacity for resiliency. My goal is to tap into this strength by offering the support, skills and interventions that can increase our sense of purpose and thrive.
Our exposure to stress and trauma is more common than we let on. What we carry within us already, whether through our experiences with racism or discrimination, childhood upbringing, loss, illness or other life events, also informs our repetitive ways of thinking and behaving that may not be helpful to our mental well-being. Despite the prevalence of trauma, we also have the capacity for resiliency. My goal is to tap into this strength by offering the support, skills and interventions that can increase our sense of purpose and thrive.
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Play Therapy
Who is play therapy for?
Play therapy is generally targeted to children between the ages of 3 and 11 who have social, emotional, or behavioral difficulties. Play therapy has also been found helpful for children who have experienced physical or emotional abuse or witnessed atrocities. Play therapy is also often recommended for children who are undergoing major medical procedures or who are suffering from chronic illness; many children’s hospitals are equipped to offer play therapy on-site. Play therapy is also sometimes used for adults; creative writing, music, and art are expressive forms that can all be adapted for therapeutic purposes.
Why do people need play therapy?
Children often do not have the language skills or words to know or to express what is troubling them. Yet they often spontaneously draw or use playthings to depict scenarios that reflect problems in their everyday life. Play therapy provides children with an array of objects and play situations to act out their feelings or experiences so that therapists can get a clear picture of what children might be struggling with and help them find solutions. In addition, play therapists are skilled at helping children understand their inner experience and find words for them, necessary steps toward helping children learn to control their own behavior and come up with solutions to problems they encounter.
What happens in play therapy?
A child enters a comfortable playroom where they are free to choose the objects they want to play with. The play therapist will typically observe how they play with the toys—whether a sandbox, puppets, dolls and action figures, trucks, costumes, drawing and painting materials, or more—because such play provides clues to a child’s family and social relationships, difficulties they are encountering in the world, and what going on inside themselves. Sometimes the therapist may ask the child to use the play objects to tell a story about their family. Using the same instruments of play, therapists can help children discover more advantageous ways of thinking and behaving.
What kinds of problems do play therapists treat?
Play therapy can help children who display destructive or self-destructive impulses; children who seem angry, sad, or fearful; children who experience frequent social, emotional, family, or school difficulty. Play therapy is often of value to children who have experienced a loss or distressing family experience, who are regularly exposed to family conflict, or who have been physically or emotionally abused. Play therapy can help children who are perpetrators of bullying as well as those who are targets of bullying. It helps children learn to identify their feelings, to express them in constructive ways, and to regulate them so they can get on with the business of development.
How long does play therapy last?
Play therapy sessions may last for 30 to 45 minutes, and they usually occur weekly for about 20 sessions. Each session is tailored to the individual child and the kinds of problems they are struggling with. Play that is highly repetitive often indicates a problem requiring further exploration. Therapists typically measure progress through session-to-session changes in play behavior.