Play Therapy in Saint Albans, VT
Being a Registered Play Therapist means that I have examined clinically how the story we tell ourselves about an event dictates both the burdens & the strengths we assign to our "self.
Play. Seems childish, but life requires play: we imagine solutions, rehash disagreements, entertain the "if only(s)," play out social roles. Dress rehearsal for life, PLAY THERAPY uses miniatures symbolically to look at struggles. Also, to invite healing and discover a path forward, utilize HEART-CENTERED HYPNOTHERAPY as an additional tool for growth!
Being a Registered Play Therapist means that I have examined clinically how the story we tell ourselves about an event dictates both the burdens & the strengths we assign to our "self.
Play. Seems childish, but life requires play: we imagine solutions, rehash disagreements, entertain the "if only(s)," play out social roles. Dress rehearsal for life, PLAY THERAPY uses miniatures symbolically to look at struggles. Also, to invite healing and discover a path forward, utilize HEART-CENTERED HYPNOTHERAPY as an additional tool for growth!
Courtney R Marshall
Counselor, MS, LCMHC
Verified Verified
Saint Albans, VT 05478
Waitlist for new clients
I am continuing my training to receive credentialing as a Registered Play Therapist through the Association for Play Therapy.
I am passionate about helping children and young adults find their inner strengths, express their emotions, and increase resiliency. Collaboration with parents/caregivers is an essential component of the therapeutic experience for children and adolescents. Working previously in early childhood, elementary, and special education as well as mental health gives me a unique ability to support children of various ages, developmental levels, and needs in navigating life's challenges, building coping skills, & improving relationships. I am a parent of neurodivergent kids & offer a neurodiversity affirming space for both children & adults.
I am continuing my training to receive credentialing as a Registered Play Therapist through the Association for Play Therapy.
I am passionate about helping children and young adults find their inner strengths, express their emotions, and increase resiliency. Collaboration with parents/caregivers is an essential component of the therapeutic experience for children and adolescents. Working previously in early childhood, elementary, and special education as well as mental health gives me a unique ability to support children of various ages, developmental levels, and needs in navigating life's challenges, building coping skills, & improving relationships. I am a parent of neurodivergent kids & offer a neurodiversity affirming space for both children & adults.
I use expressive modalities like music, play and art therapies to engage my clie.
Are you feeling overwhelmed by your thoughts and emotions? Have you experienced a traumatic event or loss and struggling to navigate the world around you? I may be able to help. I graduated with my Masters in Clinical Mental Health Counseling in 2019. For the past 5 years I have worked with children and teens (5-18) along with their caregivers (bio/foster/adoptive/kin). I have provided direct client care to adults 65+ for over 15 years. I will use a collection of therapeutic modalities to meet your needs. Contact me today.
I use expressive modalities like music, play and art therapies to engage my clie.
Are you feeling overwhelmed by your thoughts and emotions? Have you experienced a traumatic event or loss and struggling to navigate the world around you? I may be able to help. I graduated with my Masters in Clinical Mental Health Counseling in 2019. For the past 5 years I have worked with children and teens (5-18) along with their caregivers (bio/foster/adoptive/kin). I have provided direct client care to adults 65+ for over 15 years. I will use a collection of therapeutic modalities to meet your needs. Contact me today.
Bridget Archambault - West Shore Counseling
Pre-Licensed Professional, MA
Verified Verified
Saint Albans, VT 05478
I became a therapist because I believe that all people have the innate ability to heal and sometimes, we need extra support and guidance to get us there. We all experience challenges in our lives whether it be grief, job stress, relationship issues, difficulties at home, and sometimes we don’t know why but, we don’t feel like ourselves. In my 17 years of working in community mental health, I have helped children, adolescents and adults heal from these challenges.
I became a therapist because I believe that all people have the innate ability to heal and sometimes, we need extra support and guidance to get us there. We all experience challenges in our lives whether it be grief, job stress, relationship issues, difficulties at home, and sometimes we don’t know why but, we don’t feel like ourselves. In my 17 years of working in community mental health, I have helped children, adolescents and adults heal from these challenges.
I wish to serve as a guide for my clients on their own journey towards self-discovery. I am practicing humanistic psychology and my primary focus is to create an empathetic, non-judgmental, and safe therapeutic relationship. By using person-centered counseling, I am able to help my clients discover their authentic selves. I wish to help reduce anxiety and aid my clients in developing a positive self-image for themselves. I am interested in learning and understanding my clients’ self-perceptions and view of their own reality. My belief is that our worth is conditioned by others and this often can be detrimental to our mental health.
I wish to serve as a guide for my clients on their own journey towards self-discovery. I am practicing humanistic psychology and my primary focus is to create an empathetic, non-judgmental, and safe therapeutic relationship. By using person-centered counseling, I am able to help my clients discover their authentic selves. I wish to help reduce anxiety and aid my clients in developing a positive self-image for themselves. I am interested in learning and understanding my clients’ self-perceptions and view of their own reality. My belief is that our worth is conditioned by others and this often can be detrimental to our mental health.
No Current Availability Welcome! My approach to working with adolescents and adults centers around compassionate interactions to empower individuals to move and grow beyond their current situations. I believe that it is important for everyone to feel responded to and heard. Through the continued development of a strong sense of self, I believe that people possess the skills needed to change their situations. I look forward to sharing my therapeutic philosophy and guiding you to achieve your greatest potential.
No Current Availability Welcome! My approach to working with adolescents and adults centers around compassionate interactions to empower individuals to move and grow beyond their current situations. I believe that it is important for everyone to feel responded to and heard. Through the continued development of a strong sense of self, I believe that people possess the skills needed to change their situations. I look forward to sharing my therapeutic philosophy and guiding you to achieve your greatest potential.
Ryan Marshall, Summit Psychotherapy Services LLC
MA
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Saint Albans, VT 05478
Ideally, I’m looking to connect with a client’s desire to move forward and make change in life and to progress through challenges, as well as through traumas. With older teenagers, adults and parents dialogue is the primary foundation to build a therapeutic relationship. With children, it is my experience being more playful and more body-based is a fun and effective therapeutic relationship.
Ideally, I’m looking to connect with a client’s desire to move forward and make change in life and to progress through challenges, as well as through traumas. With older teenagers, adults and parents dialogue is the primary foundation to build a therapeutic relationship. With children, it is my experience being more playful and more body-based is a fun and effective therapeutic relationship.
I believe that therapy is most effective when it is empathic, collaborative, non-judgemental and non-pathologizing. I am deeply interested in the uniqueness of each human being who comes to me. By talking together in ways which nurture curiosity, compassion and insight we will look at what troubles you, what brings you hope, and which patterns of thinking/feeling/being you are engaging in that are not serving you well now.
I believe that therapy is most effective when it is empathic, collaborative, non-judgemental and non-pathologizing. I am deeply interested in the uniqueness of each human being who comes to me. By talking together in ways which nurture curiosity, compassion and insight we will look at what troubles you, what brings you hope, and which patterns of thinking/feeling/being you are engaging in that are not serving you well now.
Current openings available for ages 9 and up in both Enosburg and Georgia. Reach out for a consultation and scheduling.- I am a compassionate and client-centered counselor who believes in the innate goodness and potential of every individual. I understand that people are complex beings influenced by a combination of biological and environmental factors. Throughout life, events and experiences can shape us in ways that we may not fully comprehend. My counseling approach is grounded in the belief that acceptance and empathy are essential for fostering personal growth and healing.
Current openings available for ages 9 and up in both Enosburg and Georgia. Reach out for a consultation and scheduling.- I am a compassionate and client-centered counselor who believes in the innate goodness and potential of every individual. I understand that people are complex beings influenced by a combination of biological and environmental factors. Throughout life, events and experiences can shape us in ways that we may not fully comprehend. My counseling approach is grounded in the belief that acceptance and empathy are essential for fostering personal growth and healing.
I like to start by building trust and finding out what goals you want to set for yourself. A safe, encouraging atmosphere with no authoritarian or shaming attitudes is important. Humor is useful with couples, families or teens. Role-plays are a fun way to practice new relationship skills.
I like to start by building trust and finding out what goals you want to set for yourself. A safe, encouraging atmosphere with no authoritarian or shaming attitudes is important. Humor is useful with couples, families or teens. Role-plays are a fun way to practice new relationship skills.
Jen Castonguay
Counselor, MS, LCMHC
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Serves Area
Not accepting new clients
My therapeutic background and approach draws from cognitive behavioral therapy, mindfulness practice, solution focused therapy, health & wellness, trauma informed practice, and play therapy.
I value an integrative approach to clinical work with children, adolescents, and families. I enjoy partnering with clients to identify strengths, create personal goals, and challenge perceived barriers to making change. I have experience with clients of varied age groups and presenting issues, including: anxiety, depression, ADHD, PTSD, anger management, adoption, family conflict, parenting issues, emotion regulation, coping skills, and social awareness/understanding skills.
My therapeutic background and approach draws from cognitive behavioral therapy, mindfulness practice, solution focused therapy, health & wellness, trauma informed practice, and play therapy.
I value an integrative approach to clinical work with children, adolescents, and families. I enjoy partnering with clients to identify strengths, create personal goals, and challenge perceived barriers to making change. I have experience with clients of varied age groups and presenting issues, including: anxiety, depression, ADHD, PTSD, anger management, adoption, family conflict, parenting issues, emotion regulation, coping skills, and social awareness/understanding skills.
Natalie Zimmer
Counselor, LCMHC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Saint Albans, VT 05478
Not accepting new clients
I am a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor in the state of Vermont with 10 years of experience in the mental health field. I have worked in a variety of settings including: a partial hospitalization program for ages 11-17, a therapeutic K-12 alternative school, and in a college counseling center. I have worked with a wide range of needs including the areas of trauma, complex stress, moral injury or compassion fatigue, anxiety, anger, and depression. The therapeutic relationship is a true partnership. I take a client centered approach with the belief that “you hold the map and I have a flashlight”.
I am a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor in the state of Vermont with 10 years of experience in the mental health field. I have worked in a variety of settings including: a partial hospitalization program for ages 11-17, a therapeutic K-12 alternative school, and in a college counseling center. I have worked with a wide range of needs including the areas of trauma, complex stress, moral injury or compassion fatigue, anxiety, anger, and depression. The therapeutic relationship is a true partnership. I take a client centered approach with the belief that “you hold the map and I have a flashlight”.
More Therapists Nearby
With children I support non-directive play therapy.
Feeling overwhelmed by life’s challenges? Navigating adoption, parenting, healing from trauma, or struggling with big life changes? I would love to help you find the clarity, strength, and growth you deserve. Let’s tackle it together!
I’ve spent years helping adoptive families, children with trauma or mood challenges, and parents. I’m also passionate about supporting adults through big life changes—whether it’s career shifts or tough relationships. I’m a down-to-earth therapist who likes to bring humor into sessions—because let’s face it, being human can be overwhelming sometimes!
With children I support non-directive play therapy.
Feeling overwhelmed by life’s challenges? Navigating adoption, parenting, healing from trauma, or struggling with big life changes? I would love to help you find the clarity, strength, and growth you deserve. Let’s tackle it together!
I’ve spent years helping adoptive families, children with trauma or mood challenges, and parents. I’m also passionate about supporting adults through big life changes—whether it’s career shifts or tough relationships. I’m a down-to-earth therapist who likes to bring humor into sessions—because let’s face it, being human can be overwhelming sometimes!
Whether you are a parent seeking play therapy for your child, or an adult seeking therapy for yourself, I'm happy to work with all ages
Regardless of our age, life can be incredibly overwhelming at times. Whether you're 2 or 92, there are going to be times that feel especially overwhelming. I have helped many clients of all ages work through a variety of challenges. Whether it be life changes, anxiety, depression, grief, stress management, addiction recovery or any number of other situations, I am there to help you through.
Whether you are a parent seeking play therapy for your child, or an adult seeking therapy for yourself, I'm happy to work with all ages
Regardless of our age, life can be incredibly overwhelming at times. Whether you're 2 or 92, there are going to be times that feel especially overwhelming. I have helped many clients of all ages work through a variety of challenges. Whether it be life changes, anxiety, depression, grief, stress management, addiction recovery or any number of other situations, I am there to help you through.
Annie calls Alchemical Art & Shadow Play.
Interested in soul-making with personal agency versus coping with dysfunctional realities? The depth lens can be used by those experiencing non-ordinary states of reality, amplified emotions, mania, anxiety, trauma presentations, & a desire to understand your psychological patterns better or create new ones. Dr. Annie facilitates a decolonization approach to tend psyche, wherein we co-create a self-care system through your cultural lenses to teach you how to keep your own council. The psyche-soma models employed include Jungian, Archetypal, Mindfulness-Based, Eco-Psychological, Wisdom Traditions, & Expressive Arts modalities.
Annie calls Alchemical Art & Shadow Play.
Interested in soul-making with personal agency versus coping with dysfunctional realities? The depth lens can be used by those experiencing non-ordinary states of reality, amplified emotions, mania, anxiety, trauma presentations, & a desire to understand your psychological patterns better or create new ones. Dr. Annie facilitates a decolonization approach to tend psyche, wherein we co-create a self-care system through your cultural lenses to teach you how to keep your own council. The psyche-soma models employed include Jungian, Archetypal, Mindfulness-Based, Eco-Psychological, Wisdom Traditions, & Expressive Arts modalities.
Lisa Ibekwe
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LICSW, LCSW, CAMSII
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Online Only
EMDR Certified, Brainspotting Therapist, Play Therapy, Sandtray Therapist, IFS Therapist, Somatic Experiencing Therapist
Welcome to The Comfy Place! We know that seeking out therapy can be a new and sometimes uncomfortable experience, but we appreciate you considering us to help you on your journey. Our focus is on helping children, teens, young adults, and families heal. We understand that life has many ups and downs so, we aim to create a safe space where people can have fun, get real, and heal. We want everyone to feel like they are a part of our Comfy Place family where we welcome all with open arms no matter where they are on their walk in life. I currently serve the following states MA, PA, RI, VT, ME, NH, UT & FL via Telehealth ONLY.
EMDR Certified, Brainspotting Therapist, Play Therapy, Sandtray Therapist, IFS Therapist, Somatic Experiencing Therapist
Welcome to The Comfy Place! We know that seeking out therapy can be a new and sometimes uncomfortable experience, but we appreciate you considering us to help you on your journey. Our focus is on helping children, teens, young adults, and families heal. We understand that life has many ups and downs so, we aim to create a safe space where people can have fun, get real, and heal. We want everyone to feel like they are a part of our Comfy Place family where we welcome all with open arms no matter where they are on their walk in life. I currently serve the following states MA, PA, RI, VT, ME, NH, UT & FL via Telehealth ONLY.
Bella's Beats Music Therapy & Counseling LLC
Pre-Licensed Professional, MA, MT-BC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Winooski, VT 05404
I use an integrative approach with a strength-based, client-centered, humanistic, psychodynamic, music-centered, play-based, trauma-focused, and developmental view.
I provide a supportive, welcoming, and inclusive environment to help clients cope with challenging experiences in their lives that impact their ability to achieve balance. I am passionate about helping others realize their true potential, and the light inside them that is so often hindered from life's unresolved experiences. I utilize a strength-based approach and embrace those attributes to help individuals achieve their personal goals while utilizing client-centered, humanistic, creative, and family systems frameworks. Let's build a trusting relationship, and allow me to follow your lead in your unique healing journey.
I use an integrative approach with a strength-based, client-centered, humanistic, psychodynamic, music-centered, play-based, trauma-focused, and developmental view.
I provide a supportive, welcoming, and inclusive environment to help clients cope with challenging experiences in their lives that impact their ability to achieve balance. I am passionate about helping others realize their true potential, and the light inside them that is so often hindered from life's unresolved experiences. I utilize a strength-based approach and embrace those attributes to help individuals achieve their personal goals while utilizing client-centered, humanistic, creative, and family systems frameworks. Let's build a trusting relationship, and allow me to follow your lead in your unique healing journey.
If your child needs help communicating their inner world, then play therapy will help them do so in a developmentally nurturing way.
I work with a variety of age groups, whether on an individual or family level. I utilize play therapy to help children work through developmental transitions, cope with stressors in their life, and build confidence. My work also involves helping parents and caregivers become more attuned and connected with their children.
If your child needs help communicating their inner world, then play therapy will help them do so in a developmentally nurturing way.
I work with a variety of age groups, whether on an individual or family level. I utilize play therapy to help children work through developmental transitions, cope with stressors in their life, and build confidence. My work also involves helping parents and caregivers become more attuned and connected with their children.
When working with children or individuals who may struggle to communicate, Play Therapy can be beneficial in building positive behaviors and relationship skills.
Are you feeling overwhelmed, contemplating a major life change, struggling in a relationship, or trying to change an unhelpful habit? Engaging in therapy that takes a well-rounded and personalized approach could help you overcome those barriers and begin creating a future that you have been hoping for. My professional experience and formal education in health, applied behavioral analysis, education, curriculum and instruction, and counseling; provides the foundation for a well-rounded approach to therapy. This allows us to personalize your treatment plan, using a variety of different techniques, to best fit your needs and goals.
When working with children or individuals who may struggle to communicate, Play Therapy can be beneficial in building positive behaviors and relationship skills.
Are you feeling overwhelmed, contemplating a major life change, struggling in a relationship, or trying to change an unhelpful habit? Engaging in therapy that takes a well-rounded and personalized approach could help you overcome those barriers and begin creating a future that you have been hoping for. My professional experience and formal education in health, applied behavioral analysis, education, curriculum and instruction, and counseling; provides the foundation for a well-rounded approach to therapy. This allows us to personalize your treatment plan, using a variety of different techniques, to best fit your needs and goals.
I offer play therapy for children, and psychoanalytically informed talk therapy for teens and adults.
I have been working with youth and families as a teacher, outdoor educator, advocate, therapist, and psychologist since 1992. I have the utmost respect for people considering to embark in therapy for themselves or their child, I welcome your inquiry.
I offer play therapy for children, and psychoanalytically informed talk therapy for teens and adults.
I have been working with youth and families as a teacher, outdoor educator, advocate, therapist, and psychologist since 1992. I have the utmost respect for people considering to embark in therapy for themselves or their child, I welcome your inquiry.
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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.