Filial Therapy

Filial therapy provides caregivers (typically parents) with training in basic play therapy techniques so they can use these techniques with their own children. 

Founded on the belief parents can learn the necessary skills to become therapeutic agents in their children’s lives, filial therapy incorporates family members as the main agents of change, offering a unique outlook on the therapy process. We educate you in the method and then provide supervision and guidance as you and your family begin to navigate and resolve challenges. 

Unlike conventional Play Therapy, parents are fully involved as the most important people in their child's healing and development. Sessions with the parent provide a creative therapeutic process through which the child can safely rework experiences and issues that have influenced and continue to affect the child and sometimes the whole family.

​