Children who are experiencing sadness, depression, grief, anxiety, anger and other issues can often benefit from counseling. The most natural way for therapists to engage with these kids is through play, because play is the language of the child. Play is how kids best relate with others, communicate, and integrate their experiences.
Play therapy is generally scheduled one time per week, with each weekly session lasting 50 minutes in length. Parent sessions with and without the child are often an integral part of a children’s therapy journey.
Play therapy is a structured (or sometimes unstructured) theoretically-based approach to counseling that creates a space in which children utilize toys and other materials to process their feelings and experiences and resolve internal conflicts. Through play kids can learn emotional regulation, adaptive behaviors, as well as emotional and social skills. At Sentier, all Child Therapists are highly trained and have completed or are in-process of completing their Registered Play Therapist (RPT) credential, which is the highest level of training in the Child Therapy field.
Our therapists specialize in seeing kids for counseling/play therapy ages birth to 11+ in St. Paul, MN.
Meet our Child Therapists:
Bria Hubinger, MA, MEd, LPC
Barb Wormington, MEd, LPCC
Mary Devorak, MS, LMFT and
Bridgett Brye, MSW, LICSW
