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Providers Specializing in Play Therapy

Play therapy is a form of intervention used with young children. Learn more about Play Therapy below.

Howard Baumgarten, LPC	Lakewood	80214
Georgia Hitchcock, LPC, CAC III	Denver Greenwood Village	80120 80111
Lindsey Kamradt, LCSW	Wheat Ridge	80033
James Rainwater, Ph.D.	Boulder	80302
Theresa Rosner-Salazer, Psy.D.	Lakewood	80226
Carol Ruddick, LPC	Denver	80231

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What is Play Therapy?
Play Therapy for Children

By Kim McMillin, LMFT, RN

Play Therapy is an effective way to help children who have emotional challenges of various sorts. It helps children heal their emotional, behavioral and family problems.

In Child Centered Play Therapy (CCPT), the child and the therapist develop a close and trusting relationship. The therapist enters the child’s world, follows the child’s lead, and develops a nonjudgmental context for openness and trust.

CCPT sessions occur in a room that has special toys and materials. In the playroom, the child can express feelings, thoughts, and behaviors through play. Toys are used like words, symbolically expressing what the child may not be able to put into words.

CCPT is designed to help children grow up to be as happy and well adjusted as possible.