Your First Visit

We are a Play Therapy and Talk-based psychodynamically oriented therapy practice . 

• Young children express themselves, disclose uncomfortable feelings and learn new coping skills most naturally through play. Therapeutic play with our therapists gives kids a safe space to work on and practice managing big emotions and behaviors. 
• Older kids have help getting in touch with their emotional world by talking with our child therapists. They discover how feelings and behaviors interact, and they learn healthy ways to cope with various life challenges.

The 1st session is for the parents only and is FREE. This “Initial Parent(s) Only Session” (Initial Diagnostic session) is an extended length session (60 minutes) designed to get a sense of your child’s behaviors, personality, and current coping skills, as well as an understanding of your concerns, family dynamics and history. Kids should not be at this session because we do not want them to feel “talked about” or that something is wrong with them. We want their first impression of therapy to be positive and supportive.

The second session is for you and your child together. The purpose of this 45 minute session is to give your child a chance to get familiar with the space and provider, allow your child to ask questions and for the provider to get to know your child. The child will not be asked direct questions about the current behavioral or emotional problems during this session. The goal is for them to begin to feel comfortable and to see that their parents support the therapy process.