Play & Sandtray Therapy

Children and teens rarely sit on a couch, maintain eye contact, and talk through their concerns. We use creative, brain-body modalities to help them express big feelings, process challenging events, and learn to regulate.

Play & Art

Play is a child’s natural language, and toys are their words. Through play and creative expression (drawing, crafting), youth safely explore complex feelings like anxiety, anger, or grief when talking feels too overwhelming.

Sandtray

Using a specialized tray of sand and miniature figures, children and teens build "worlds" that mirror their internal experiences. This powerful, non-verbal tool provides a safe distance to process tough memories and trauma without having to vocalize them right away.

• Sandtray Therapy – 4 Levels of Clinical Training from the Center for Sand Tray Play (Elizabeth Orthmann, LMFT)
• Experiential & Play-Based Work (Sandtray, Art, Books, and Play-Based CBT)

Whether utilizing play, art, narrative work, sandtray therapy, or parent consultation, we will work side-by-side with your family along every step of the path toward healing and growth.

See the playroom on About the Office.