Child Counseling
Children often do not express their problems, concerns, and fears by speaking like we adults do. The language of children is play. With play therapy, it becomes easier for children to express their problems and feelings through games and toys. Through play, the child stages, relives and relaxes in his plays situations that he finds difficult to express in real life. The functions of play therapy, whose ideal application range is between the ages of 3-11;
- It guides the child's developmental level.
- It helps cognitive and emotional development.
- It improves creative thinking and problem-solving skills.
- Children express their negative feelings and thoughts through play.
- It improves the child's social and motor skills and increases the level of awareness.
- It helps the child to overcome his/her problems, behavioral problems and concussions.
Working Areas of Play Therapy
- Anxiety, fear and phobias
- Childhood depression and grief
- Problems experienced after a traumatic event (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder)
- Attention deficit and ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder)
- Nail biting, bedwetting, feces-urine retention/letting go
- impulsivity
- Self-confidence, introversion
- attachment difficulties
- Difficulties with setting boundaries and rules
- Adaptation to school, problems within the school
- Sibling jealousy, difficulties in winning and losing
- Like adaptation problems after divorce.