Play Therapy in San Antonio, TX
Carolann R Morrison
Board Certified Behavior Analyst, BCBA, LBA, CBS
1 Endorsed
San Antonio, TX 78253
I’m on a mission to guide families through challenging behaviors with expertise—helping them feel educated, equipped, and empowered every step of the way.
I’m on a mission to guide families through challenging behaviors with expertise—helping them feel educated, equipped, and empowered every step of the way.
I value your right to self-determination and will work closely with you to identify and clarify your goals. I will begin therapy where you are and move at a pace that you are comfortable with. This is not to say that there won't be times when I will challenge your thinking, offer new perspective and push for change, but I will always attempt to do so in a constructive, thoughtful and supportive manner.
I value your right to self-determination and will work closely with you to identify and clarify your goals. I will begin therapy where you are and move at a pace that you are comfortable with. This is not to say that there won't be times when I will challenge your thinking, offer new perspective and push for change, but I will always attempt to do so in a constructive, thoughtful and supportive manner.
As an LPC and RPT, I can blend traditional talk therapy with play therapy to help clients manage anxiety, depression, ADHD, behavioral issues, anger, and self-esteem challenges.
Hello, and welcome! My name is Sarah, a therapist who is passionate about supporting children, adolescents, individuals, and families through communication, connection, and a safe, nurturing space. If you are looking for someone to help guide you through a period of change, anxiousness, or depression- I am here. My goal as a therapist is to always allow my client a space to truly be themselves, no judgement, and it is the most beautiful thing to watch my clients heal, grow, and become the best versions of themselves.
As an LPC and RPT, I can blend traditional talk therapy with play therapy to help clients manage anxiety, depression, ADHD, behavioral issues, anger, and self-esteem challenges.
Hello, and welcome! My name is Sarah, a therapist who is passionate about supporting children, adolescents, individuals, and families through communication, connection, and a safe, nurturing space. If you are looking for someone to help guide you through a period of change, anxiousness, or depression- I am here. My goal as a therapist is to always allow my client a space to truly be themselves, no judgement, and it is the most beautiful thing to watch my clients heal, grow, and become the best versions of themselves.
I believe that everyone possesses tools to overcome any challenge in life. There are times when life has us feeling stuck and we need help finding the key to our tool box. With all the hurdles life throws, we can be left feeling hopeless, leaving us to forget tools that have helped through past obstacles. To help individuals and families overcome these life challenges, I use a strengths based approach and other evidenced-based approaches to help individuals and families reclaim their fortitude in life.
I believe that everyone possesses tools to overcome any challenge in life. There are times when life has us feeling stuck and we need help finding the key to our tool box. With all the hurdles life throws, we can be left feeling hopeless, leaving us to forget tools that have helped through past obstacles. To help individuals and families overcome these life challenges, I use a strengths based approach and other evidenced-based approaches to help individuals and families reclaim their fortitude in life.
Hello! My name is Monica and I am a Licensed Professional Counselor Associate who primarily works with children, adolescents, teens, and young adults. During sessions, I utilize techniques from both talk therapy and play therapy modalities with a special focus on synergetic play therapy. My objective is to use my knowledge of neurobiology and the nervous system to help my clients and their parents reach individualized goals that we create within a collaborative environment.
Hello! My name is Monica and I am a Licensed Professional Counselor Associate who primarily works with children, adolescents, teens, and young adults. During sessions, I utilize techniques from both talk therapy and play therapy modalities with a special focus on synergetic play therapy. My objective is to use my knowledge of neurobiology and the nervous system to help my clients and their parents reach individualized goals that we create within a collaborative environment.
Rhapsody Counseling and Wellness Center
Clinical Social Work/Therapist
3 Endorsed
San Antonio, TX 78249
Are you tired for feeling overwhelmed, alone and unable to get out of bed? Well, allow us at Rhapsody Counseling and Wellness Center to be a light of hope for you and your family during these difficult times. We are open, accepting new patients and here to help you. We offer individual, family, and couples counseling. Our therapists’ specialize in EMDR, Gottman and Imago Couples Counseling. We see children and adults. Call us today for your free 15 min free consultation, so you could assess if therapy is for you. We are offering virtual and in person sessions, Call (210) 286-9339.
Are you tired for feeling overwhelmed, alone and unable to get out of bed? Well, allow us at Rhapsody Counseling and Wellness Center to be a light of hope for you and your family during these difficult times. We are open, accepting new patients and here to help you. We offer individual, family, and couples counseling. Our therapists’ specialize in EMDR, Gottman and Imago Couples Counseling. We see children and adults. Call us today for your free 15 min free consultation, so you could assess if therapy is for you. We are offering virtual and in person sessions, Call (210) 286-9339.
Milene Loyola
Licensed Professional Counselor Associate, LPC-A, NCC
1 Endorsed
San Antonio, TX 78228
As an LPC-Associate, I specialize in child and adolescent therapy using CBT, ACT, DBT, mindfulness, play therapy, and sand tray therapy.
I work with children, adolescents, and families navigating anxiety, depression, grief, school challenges, behavior concerns, and self-esteem issues. Many families come feeling overwhelmed or unsure how to support their child. With a background in education and school counseling, I help clients build coping skills, improve emotional regulation, and strengthen family support, empowering them to move forward with confidence.
As an LPC-Associate, I specialize in child and adolescent therapy using CBT, ACT, DBT, mindfulness, play therapy, and sand tray therapy.
I work with children, adolescents, and families navigating anxiety, depression, grief, school challenges, behavior concerns, and self-esteem issues. Many families come feeling overwhelmed or unsure how to support their child. With a background in education and school counseling, I help clients build coping skills, improve emotional regulation, and strengthen family support, empowering them to move forward with confidence.
As a mental health counselor, I am dedicated to supporting individuals on their journey toward emotional well-being and personal growth. Through my experience, I have facilitated group therapy sessions, conducted individual/couples/family counseling sessions, and implemented evidence-based interventions to help clients overcome various mental health issues.
As a mental health counselor, I am dedicated to supporting individuals on their journey toward emotional well-being and personal growth. Through my experience, I have facilitated group therapy sessions, conducted individual/couples/family counseling sessions, and implemented evidence-based interventions to help clients overcome various mental health issues.
Accepting new clients. I specialize in combat or sexual assault related PTSD, childhood physical/sexual abuse, sexual identity, depression, anxiety, blended families and phase of life issues. I assist U.S. Veterans and First Responders with concerns related to service/deployment. I also have experience working with LGBTQIA2S+ concerns. I strive to provide a nonjudgmental, supportive, safe environment that protects and respects your privacy.
Accepting new clients. I specialize in combat or sexual assault related PTSD, childhood physical/sexual abuse, sexual identity, depression, anxiety, blended families and phase of life issues. I assist U.S. Veterans and First Responders with concerns related to service/deployment. I also have experience working with LGBTQIA2S+ concerns. I strive to provide a nonjudgmental, supportive, safe environment that protects and respects your privacy.
Dr. Cogorno (formerly Sharp) leads Monarch Behavioral Health, where she provides compassionate, evidence-based care for children, teens, adults, and families. Since 2015, she has specialized in psychological assessment and therapy grounded in a strengths-based, trauma-informed, and culturally responsive approach. She’s known for warm, precise evaluations and clear, actionable reports that both support areas of vulnerability and amplify existing strengths. As founder, she pairs clinical excellence with community partnership to expand access to care across San Antonio.
Dr. Cogorno (formerly Sharp) leads Monarch Behavioral Health, where she provides compassionate, evidence-based care for children, teens, adults, and families. Since 2015, she has specialized in psychological assessment and therapy grounded in a strengths-based, trauma-informed, and culturally responsive approach. She’s known for warm, precise evaluations and clear, actionable reports that both support areas of vulnerability and amplify existing strengths. As founder, she pairs clinical excellence with community partnership to expand access to care across San Antonio.
I am a licensed professional counselor (LPC) with 4 years of experience supporting children, adolescents, and adults through anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, life transitions, and stress related to health or family dynamics. I have experience in both medical and therapy settings and offer compassionate, culturally responsive care that honors each client’s values and lived experiences.
I am a licensed professional counselor (LPC) with 4 years of experience supporting children, adolescents, and adults through anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, life transitions, and stress related to health or family dynamics. I have experience in both medical and therapy settings and offer compassionate, culturally responsive care that honors each client’s values and lived experiences.
My hope is to help clients gain the skills needed to take control of their life, find their voice, and begin to embrace all parts of themselves, leading to a sense of wholeness.
My hope is to help clients gain the skills needed to take control of their life, find their voice, and begin to embrace all parts of themselves, leading to a sense of wholeness.
A lot of the people I work with come to therapy because something in their relationships or sense of self feels confusing or hard to hold on their own. They may find themselves overthinking, feeling unsure where they stand with others, or struggling with self-doubt and fear of rejection. Some are navigating identity questions or nontraditional relationships, including polyamory and kink, and are trying to make sense of emotions that feel intense or difficult to name. Often, they are looking for a space where they can slow down, feel understood, and begin to make sense of their internal and relational patterns.
A lot of the people I work with come to therapy because something in their relationships or sense of self feels confusing or hard to hold on their own. They may find themselves overthinking, feeling unsure where they stand with others, or struggling with self-doubt and fear of rejection. Some are navigating identity questions or nontraditional relationships, including polyamory and kink, and are trying to make sense of emotions that feel intense or difficult to name. Often, they are looking for a space where they can slow down, feel understood, and begin to make sense of their internal and relational patterns.
My practice is dedicated to supporting adults and children who are navigating trauma, childhood trauma, relational challenges, anxiety, and parenting or family struggles. I work with clients who are seeking a deeper understanding of themselves—people who may feel stuck in old patterns, overwhelmed by their past, or unsure how to move toward healthier relationships and emotional balance. I believe that meaningful change begins with feeling seen, understood, and supported, and I strive to offer an environment where clients can safely explore their experiences at their own pace.
My practice is dedicated to supporting adults and children who are navigating trauma, childhood trauma, relational challenges, anxiety, and parenting or family struggles. I work with clients who are seeking a deeper understanding of themselves—people who may feel stuck in old patterns, overwhelmed by their past, or unsure how to move toward healthier relationships and emotional balance. I believe that meaningful change begins with feeling seen, understood, and supported, and I strive to offer an environment where clients can safely explore their experiences at their own pace.
I aspire to create a supportive and nonjudgmental environment for clients of all ages. I work especially with children, preteens, teens, and young adults, as I understand the profound impact a trusted professional can have during these formative years. I strive to support individuals grappling with a variety of concerns, including anxiety disorders, depression, grief, self-esteem issues, trauma, and parenting issues. My hope is to inspire confidence and foster a sense of empowerment in clients' lives.
I aspire to create a supportive and nonjudgmental environment for clients of all ages. I work especially with children, preteens, teens, and young adults, as I understand the profound impact a trusted professional can have during these formative years. I strive to support individuals grappling with a variety of concerns, including anxiety disorders, depression, grief, self-esteem issues, trauma, and parenting issues. My hope is to inspire confidence and foster a sense of empowerment in clients' lives.
Living with the weight of depression, fear, trauma, or grief can make it feel impossible to see anything clearly. When life feels heavy, even simple daily tasks can start to lose their meaning. If you’re in that place, you’re not alone—and you don’t have to navigate it by yourself.
I believe that reaching out for support is an act of courage and deep self-care. In our sessions, my hope is that you feel safe enough to meet yourself with gentleness, curiosity, and honesty. Together, we’ll explore your story, your strengths, and the parts of you that have been pushed into the shadows for far too long.
Living with the weight of depression, fear, trauma, or grief can make it feel impossible to see anything clearly. When life feels heavy, even simple daily tasks can start to lose their meaning. If you’re in that place, you’re not alone—and you don’t have to navigate it by yourself.
I believe that reaching out for support is an act of courage and deep self-care. In our sessions, my hope is that you feel safe enough to meet yourself with gentleness, curiosity, and honesty. Together, we’ll explore your story, your strengths, and the parts of you that have been pushed into the shadows for far too long.
My goal is to offer a safe and supportive environment where children can use toys and creative play to explore their emotions and process their experiences.
Play therapy can facilitate healing and growth in a different way. Play enables children to communicate and process their lives in ways that words alone cannot achieve. It is through the use of toys that allows children to express problems, find solutions, and work through whatever is needed.
My goal is to offer a safe and supportive environment where children can use toys and creative play to explore their emotions and process their experiences.
Play therapy can facilitate healing and growth in a different way. Play enables children to communicate and process their lives in ways that words alone cannot achieve. It is through the use of toys that allows children to express problems, find solutions, and work through whatever is needed.
I have had training in CBT, DBT, EMDR and play therapy.
Are you looking for a counselor to help with life's difficulties? I am at the Alamo Ranch location, San Antonio Counseling and Behavioral Center, for all age levels. I am a strength-based clinician who wants to build upon the client’s successes, talents, coping skills, interests and personal skills. I will use psychodynamic principals and cognitive-behavior interventions to help my clients improve their life. I can also work with parents on developing strategies for the success of their children.
I have had training in CBT, DBT, EMDR and play therapy.
Are you looking for a counselor to help with life's difficulties? I am at the Alamo Ranch location, San Antonio Counseling and Behavioral Center, for all age levels. I am a strength-based clinician who wants to build upon the client’s successes, talents, coping skills, interests and personal skills. I will use psychodynamic principals and cognitive-behavior interventions to help my clients improve their life. I can also work with parents on developing strategies for the success of their children.
Hi, I’m Swapomthi. Beginning therapy can feel like a leap into the unknown,but it can also be one of the most meaningful steps you take toward healing and growth. I believe that therapy is not about “fixing” you, it’s about walking with you as you rediscover your own strength, clarity, and balance.
I’m an LPC with years of experience supporting individuals, couples, and families through life’s many transitions. I’m also a San Antonio native, mother of three, first-generation American, and someone who has known loss,and all of those roles have shaped how I show up in the therapy room: grounded, compassionate and real.
Hi, I’m Swapomthi. Beginning therapy can feel like a leap into the unknown,but it can also be one of the most meaningful steps you take toward healing and growth. I believe that therapy is not about “fixing” you, it’s about walking with you as you rediscover your own strength, clarity, and balance.
I’m an LPC with years of experience supporting individuals, couples, and families through life’s many transitions. I’m also a San Antonio native, mother of three, first-generation American, and someone who has known loss,and all of those roles have shaped how I show up in the therapy room: grounded, compassionate and real.
Sarah works with children (5+), teens, adults, and groups—particularly those navigating trauma, behavioral concerns, ADHD, anxiety, depression, grief, self-esteem challenges, and anger. She is trained in EMDR, Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Trauma and Grief Component Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and spiritually integrated counseling. Her goal is to help you understand your patterns with compassion and replace cycles that no longer serve you with habits that foster balance, healing and peace.
Sarah works with children (5+), teens, adults, and groups—particularly those navigating trauma, behavioral concerns, ADHD, anxiety, depression, grief, self-esteem challenges, and anger. She is trained in EMDR, Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Trauma and Grief Component Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and spiritually integrated counseling. Her goal is to help you understand your patterns with compassion and replace cycles that no longer serve you with habits that foster balance, healing and peace.
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- Universal City
Play Therapy Therapists
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.