Play Therapy

Jagruti Rehabilitation Centre has dedicated itself to providing complete mental health care by a holistic and evidence-based approach. Play Therapy is one of the prime methods of treatment used in our organisation, specifically tailored for children. It enables them to look inward, communicate themselves, and gain all important life skills through play.
Since children often lack the words to describe their feelings, Play Therapy serves as a vital tool for communication and emotional healing. By addressing mental health challenges early, Play Therapy supports healthy emotional development. It integrates with our other therapeutic services to offer a complete care plan for children and families.

What is Play Therapy?

Play Therapy is the type of psychotherapy that primarily uses play as a way to help children communicate and process their emotions. This therapy was developed for therapists. It helps them to interact with children who cannot communicate through words and can only be able to say things they cannot verbalise.
Play is a child's natural medium of self-expression, and through it, children make sense of the world around them. This therapy addresses a wide range of emotional, social, and behavioural issues such as anxiety, depression, trauma, and aggression. At Jagruti Rehabilitation Centre, Play Therapy is a structured yet flexible approach to mental health care to meet the unique needs of every child.

What are the Benefits of Play Therapy?

The benefits of play Therapy can be reaped for children going through emotional or behavioural turmoil. These include:

• Emotional Regulation: Children are taught to recognise and regulate their emotions in a healthy way.
• Improved Communication: This enhances the ability of the child to communicate his feelings and thoughts non-verbally.
• Problem-Solving Skills: Play Therapy stimulates critical thinking and coping mechanisms while dealing with tough situations.
• Lower Anxiety and Depression: This safe environment helps the child process their trauma while reducing symptoms of anxiety or depression.

Play Therapy helps the child develop psychological growth as a result of feeling empowered to explore his or her emotions and behaviours.

When Play Therapy is Used?

Play Therapy is most helpful to children who have been subjected to:

• Trauma or Grief: Children who have faced major life incidents such as loss, accident, or abuse.
• Emotional Issues: Those suffering from anxiety, depression, or a low sense of self-worth.
• Behavioural Disorders: Children who exhibit angry behaviour, defiance, or aggressive behaviour.
• Social Disorders: Children with social problems related to interacting with other kids or those who are developmentally delayed, including autistic spectrum disorders.

The specialists at the Jagruti Rehabilitation Centre are very well-trained. They assess and diagnose when Play Therapy is most appropriate as a treatment intervention for a child.

How Does Play Therapy Work?

Jagruti offers a play therapy process that follows the specific needs of a child. Here is how it goes on:

• Assessment: The therapist does an initial assessment based on the emotional, behavioural, and social background of the child.
• Sessions: These sessions involve facilitated play with toys, games, or art materials that would give the children an open and free space to voice out themselves.
• Observation: When they play, therapists try to notice patterns of behaviour, themes, or symbols of some hidden issues.
• Reflection: The therapist helps the child to process these experiences while supporting and guiding the emotional and behavioural understanding.

This is adaptive as it can be flexibly implemented into every session to fit exactly according to what the child needs at every instance.

What are the Most Common Play Therapy Techniques?

Play Therapy utilises different techniques to meet diverse therapeutic aims:

• Directive Play Therapy: Here, the therapist actively takes a role and leads the child towards specific therapeutic outcomes.
• Non-Directive Play Therapy: The child takes the lead and decides on what he wants to do, while at the same time showing emotions and feelings as desired.
• Therapeutic Storytelling: This involves stories to help children understand or explain their emotions or difficulties.
• Art-Based Play Therapy: It may include drawing, painting, or sculpting to encourage expression.

Every technique has its way of tackling the emotional or behavioural problems in a child. The therapists in Jagruti Rehabilitation Centre, therefore, will have these techniques adjusted to meet every individual's needs.

What are the Different Types of Play Therapy?

There are many kinds of approaches used under the Play Therapy approach as per the different needs of a child; these include:

• Sandplay Therapy: The child with the help of sand and various small toys depicts or shows emotions difficult to utter.
• Filial Play Therapy: Parents get directly involved in the whole process of therapy to strengthen family ties.
• Group Play Therapy: Conducted under small groups to enhance skills in interaction with peers.
• Cognitive-Behavioural Play Therapy (CBPT): The cognitive-behavioural techniques are given in conjunction with play so that children can change those negative thought patterns.

We offer various types of Play Therapy at Jagruti Rehabilitation Centre according to each child's requirements.

Why Choose Jagruti Rehabilitation Centre for Play Therapy?

Here at Jagruti Rehabilitation Centre, we provide specific Play Therapy, as per the needs of each child. Our experienced therapists work within a healing and growth-conducive environment. When play therapy is used by the experts of our centre they ensure that children recover and, above all, thrive emotionally and socially. It enables them to:

• Express emotions they might not have words for.
• Explore and process experiences in a non-threatening environment.
• Recovery from emotional trauma and anguish.
• Formation of positive relations and social skills development
• Improvement in esteem along with confidence.

Why Are We the Top Choice for Play Therapy

• Highly Qualified and Experienced Team: The therapist at our centre is specially educated in advanced techniques of play therapy.
• Child-centric approach: A particular, specially designed treatment plan caters to all the emotional and behavioural problems a child faces.
• Safe Environment: Our centre provides a protective and supportive environment where they can find their voice again.
• Comprehensive Care: We practice Play Therapy accompanied by others to ensure more complete holistic care for an individual.
• Family Involvement: Our process involves parents which builds families closer.

Jagruti Rehabilitation Centre ensures that your child gets emotional well-being through compassionate services rendered to them.