Child Psychotherapy

Since children's verbal expression skills are not yet as developed as adults, they express their feelings and thoughts through play, which is the closest and most comfortable language to them. Play is one of the most frequently used methods in child therapy.

 

In play therapy, the child is provided with a safe environment where he can express himself comfortably with toys. In addition to their verbal expression skills, children are not aware of many emotions such as anxiety, fear and sadness behind their thoughts and behaviors. In therapy, it is aimed to reveal these feelings and understand them gradually.

 

In this safe environment, the child has the opportunity to play out solutions, wishes and needs that have not yet been realized in the outside world. The therapist accompanies the child on this journey by putting what is conveyed through the game into words according to the child's own story. With this support from the therapist, the child begins to develop the capacity to express the thoughts in his inner world, regulate his emotions, make sense of them and analyze them.

 

Play therapy in this sense; It provides psychological support and solutions to the child in many areas such as grief, anxiety, trauma, social relations, behavioral problems, peer bullying, introversion and self-confidence. 

 

Family; It is the first place where we begin to form our sense of self and identity. At the same time, the first seeds regarding our perception of the outside world are sown through recurring dynamics in our family. For this reason, the family is an integral part of the process in child therapy. In addition to individual therapy sessions with the child, parent meetings are held with the family at least once a month.