Play Therapy in George
I offer a range of counselling services including individual counselling, couples counselling, trauma debriefing, HIV care, teenage pregnancy and play therapy.
Hi, I’m Chanté a Specialist Wellness Counsellor and Therapeutic Play Practitioner based in George. I have an Honours Degree in Psychology and am currently specialising in Play Therapy. I am registered with the ASCHP as well as PTI. I am also fully insured and comply to your safeguarding and child protection procedures and policies. I have also gained training in other areas such as basic counselling, trauma debriefing, HIV care and education, and caring for people in crises counselling specifically teenage pregnancy. I have volunteered at Life Community Centre, CANSA, Options and am currently involved at Rosemoor Primary School.
I offer a range of counselling services including individual counselling, couples counselling, trauma debriefing, HIV care, teenage pregnancy and play therapy.
Hi, I’m Chanté a Specialist Wellness Counsellor and Therapeutic Play Practitioner based in George. I have an Honours Degree in Psychology and am currently specialising in Play Therapy. I am registered with the ASCHP as well as PTI. I am also fully insured and comply to your safeguarding and child protection procedures and policies. I have also gained training in other areas such as basic counselling, trauma debriefing, HIV care and education, and caring for people in crises counselling specifically teenage pregnancy. I have volunteered at Life Community Centre, CANSA, Options and am currently involved at Rosemoor Primary School.
I love working with people, and it is a privilege for me to be able to combine my passion, training, professional, and personal experience to support people in their personal growth and improve their sense of well-being. I believe all people can thrive given the right circumstances, skills, and support. I strive to provide clients with a safe space where they can feel heard and empowered in their healing process.
I love working with people, and it is a privilege for me to be able to combine my passion, training, professional, and personal experience to support people in their personal growth and improve their sense of well-being. I believe all people can thrive given the right circumstances, skills, and support. I strive to provide clients with a safe space where they can feel heard and empowered in their healing process.
I aim to enable men and women to thrive by becoming the best version of themselves. The process addresses trauma, anger, stress and anxiety within themselves and their relationships through emotional awareness and practical interventions. During the sessions, I strive to enable my clients to experience physical and emotional relief from stress, anxiety and embodied trauma.
I aim to enable men and women to thrive by becoming the best version of themselves. The process addresses trauma, anger, stress and anxiety within themselves and their relationships through emotional awareness and practical interventions. During the sessions, I strive to enable my clients to experience physical and emotional relief from stress, anxiety and embodied trauma.
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Feeling anxious and unsure what the next step is? Finding it difficult to relate to your partner? Finding it difficult to cope at work or finding it difficult to relate with employer/employee? Don’t know how to cope with addiction in the family or yourself? Are you in a overly toxic relationship? Do you want to start a new beginning/ business, but just can't!, struggling to stay motivated? Are you caught in a depressive situation? Do you want to change to a healthier relationship with yourself and others? Are you constantly in conflict with yourself or others? Do you experience obsessive fear?
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Who is play therapy for?
Play therapy is generally targeted to children between the ages of 3 and 11 who have social, emotional, or behavioural 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 behaviour 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 behaviour.