Play Therapy
Play therapy offers a safe, supportive space for kids to navigate and dissect big feelings. This form of counseling helps kids build social skills, emotional resilience, and a deeper understanding of feelings.
Is Your Child Struggling to Express Their Feelings & Thoughts?
Play Therapy Can Help.
Children often experience big emotions, stress, or changes in ways they don’t yet have the words to explain. Through behavior, play, or withdrawal, they may be trying to communicate that something feels overwhelming or confusing.
Play therapy provides a safe and supportive space where children can express themselves in the language they know best—play. Using toys, games, art, and creative activities, our licensed therapists help children explore feelings, build coping skills, and work through challenges in a way that feels natural and comfortable for them.
Our compassionate therapists create a warm, judgment-free environment where children can feel understood and supported. Together, we help kids develop emotional awareness, strengthen resilience, and build the skills they need to navigate life’s ups and downs with greater confidence.
What to Expect
Play therapy is designed specifically for children. Instead of traditional conversation-based therapy, children express their thoughts and feelings through play, art, storytelling, and other creative activities. A trained therapist gently guides the process, helping children process emotions and learn healthy ways to cope and communicate. Sessions move at your child’s pace in a safe, supportive environment.
Frequent tantrums or emotional outbursts
Anxiety, worry, or excessive fears
Difficulty expressing feelings
Behavior changes at home or school
Trouble with friends or social skills
Withdrawal or loss of interest in activities
Struggles after a major life change
And more...
Play Therapists at Holistic Couple & Family Therapy
Morgan Marchant
MSW, LCSW
she/her
As a Mental Health Therapist, I am passionate about fostering a child’s innate ability to play freely as a critical component of the therapeutic process. I am enthusiastic about helping children and adolescents find their voice and discover ways to navigate the world that empower and excite them. To guide this work, I use a structured, evidence-based, and flexible framework to help create a safe space for my clients to shed inhibitions, make mistakes, and develop crucial life skills, ultimately nurturing their resilience. My sessions are infused with creativity and engagement, which I find enhances the therapeutic experience for the child and allows us to unpack and navigate through their challenges.
Dejah Amos
MA, LMFT
she/her
Mika Cox
MS, MFT
she/her
Frequently Asked Questions:
What is play therapy?
Play therapy is a child-focused form of counseling where kids express their thoughts and feelings through play, art, and creative activities instead of just talking.
What ages is play therapy for?
Play therapy is most commonly used with children ages 3–12, though it can be adapted for older children depending on their needs.
Will parents be involved in the process?
Yes. Therapists often check in with parents to share progress, provide guidance, and help support the child’s growth at home.
How long does play therapy take?
Every child is different, but many children attend weekly sessions for several weeks or months depending on their goals and needs.
Location
8 South Michigan Avenue,
Suite 2300
Chicago, IL 60603
Virtual Therapy Available Across Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, and California
