The top 46 reasons why a child or young person comes to play therapy
If you are supporting a child or young person, play therapy can help with these issues:
- General stress and anxiety, self-esteem and emotional well-being
- Behavioural difficulties
- Attachment issues
- Fears and phobias
- Low confidence, low mood and low self-esteem
- Frustration and anger issues
- Experiencing school issues such as transitions to new schools or classes, anxiety around SATs, or exams
- Friendship issues and bullying
- Parental separation, divorce, family member in prison, or other family conflict
- Hospital stays and other medical treatment
- Issues around food and other eating issues
- Trauma, including experiencing or witnessed neglect,
- emotional, physical or sexual abuse
- Adoption, fostering and being in care
- Changes in family dynamics including step-parents, blending families and new siblings
- Experience of a serious accident, other disaster or PTSD
- Experiencing loss or bereavement
- Additional behavioural needs including attention deficit disorder (ADD), attention hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autism spectrum diagnosis (ASD), Tourette’s or similar
- Sleep issues
- Toileting issues