Specializing in Working with Children Who Have Anxiety, Developmental Delays and Disorders; and Adult Women Dealing with Transition and Midlife Issues
Posted in Childhood Issues, Therapy for CHildren, Uncategorized on Jun 21st, 2010
Is Play Therapy Appropriate for Every Child? Play itself is always appropriate and necessary for a child – it can serve in many capacities when working with a child of any age; however: Play Therapy best serves children between 2 ½ and 7 years old Why these ages? We see the beginning of symbolic play [...]
Posted in Childhood Issues, Therapy for CHildren, Uncategorized on Jun 20th, 2010
Parents often ask me how will I work with their child; after all, children – especially young children – aren’t really good at talking about their feelings and thoughts. Depending on the diagnosis, a therapist will use different methods for treating your child. One of these methods is play therapy. The Association for Play Therapy [...]
Posted in Childhood Issues, Uncategorized on May 27th, 2010
All children, at one time or another, can manifest symptoms of distress. Some signs of distress in children may be: Sadness Anxiousness Changes in eating or sleeping patterns Loss of already achieved milestones (e.g. may start wetting the bed after a long period of being toilet-trained) Withdrawal/Listlessness Anger Acting-out behaviors Loss of interest in things [...]
Kate Sanner, ACSW, LCSW-C has been a psychotherapist with children, families and adults for 20 years.