Play Therapy in Putney, VT
N. Arielle Cohn
Counselor, MS
Verified Verified
5 Endorsed
Putney, VT 05346
Waitlist for new clients
Based on your proclivity, I weave in art, music, nature, meditation, and play.
Drawing from evidence-based and holistic therapy practices, I support people of all ages, children, teens, families and adults, in handling stress, emotions, distressing thoughts, and limiting beliefs. As you move towards your values and goals through mind-body-based treatments, you will develop self-kindness, acceptance, inner strength, improved communication, boundaries, and empowerment along the way. Whether you are navigating challenging relationships, difficult life circumstances, life transitions, grief, loss, trauma, anxiety, depression, suffering, or a desire to change your lifestyle or career, I will meet you where you are.
Based on your proclivity, I weave in art, music, nature, meditation, and play.
Drawing from evidence-based and holistic therapy practices, I support people of all ages, children, teens, families and adults, in handling stress, emotions, distressing thoughts, and limiting beliefs. As you move towards your values and goals through mind-body-based treatments, you will develop self-kindness, acceptance, inner strength, improved communication, boundaries, and empowerment along the way. Whether you are navigating challenging relationships, difficult life circumstances, life transitions, grief, loss, trauma, anxiety, depression, suffering, or a desire to change your lifestyle or career, I will meet you where you are.
My work has been in schools, homes and psychiatric hospital settings. Along the way I have learned a lot of tools for emotional regulation, improved communication and positive perspective taking that I would like to share with you. Take some time to improve your relationships, routines, and the quality of your day!
My work has been in schools, homes and psychiatric hospital settings. Along the way I have learned a lot of tools for emotional regulation, improved communication and positive perspective taking that I would like to share with you. Take some time to improve your relationships, routines, and the quality of your day!
Elizabeth Harris
Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor, MA, LCMHC
Verified Verified
Putney, VT 05346
I know how difficult it can be to take this first step. As a clinician my goal is to give you the space to explore who you are, what is not serving you in your life, hold on to what is still serving you, and get to where you want to be through integrating new learning through the process. As a clinician I understand that navigating the many systems of our society brings numerous challenges for youth, adolescents, and families. I practice with a person centered approach grounded in intersectional feminism with a transformative and non-binary lens.
I know how difficult it can be to take this first step. As a clinician my goal is to give you the space to explore who you are, what is not serving you in your life, hold on to what is still serving you, and get to where you want to be through integrating new learning through the process. As a clinician I understand that navigating the many systems of our society brings numerous challenges for youth, adolescents, and families. I practice with a person centered approach grounded in intersectional feminism with a transformative and non-binary lens.
Kristi Beck
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Putney, VT 05346
Waitlist for new clients
Do you consider yourself to be a people pleaser? You may feel anxiety at the idea of others being upset with you. You might feel as if you have no time for yourself or your needs. You are finally ready to make a shift & make space for yourself in your life. You can gain the freedom to no longer need to walk on eggshells and control others feelings. People pleasing is a learned behaviors that many have been conditioned to believe is the way to get love & acceptance. Together we can help you relearn your inherent worth and include yourself in the kindness & care you give to others.
Do you consider yourself to be a people pleaser? You may feel anxiety at the idea of others being upset with you. You might feel as if you have no time for yourself or your needs. You are finally ready to make a shift & make space for yourself in your life. You can gain the freedom to no longer need to walk on eggshells and control others feelings. People pleasing is a learned behaviors that many have been conditioned to believe is the way to get love & acceptance. Together we can help you relearn your inherent worth and include yourself in the kindness & care you give to others.
Anne Briccetti
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LICSW
Verified Verified
Putney, VT 05346
Not accepting new clients
I have expertise in child development and provide parenting consultations, developmental assessments, creative arts, behavioral and play based interventions.
Healthy, trusting relationships are the foundation of emotional health and development. I provide relationship-based treatment in a safe, collaborative environment and integrate talk therapy with other evidence-based approaches for effective treatment. I often utilize cognitive behavioral strategies and active, guided meditation to help you learn skills to solve problems and feel better about yourself. Clients seek my help for a wide range of issues including depression, anxiety, trauma, developmental disorders, life transition, behavior change and stress management.
I have expertise in child development and provide parenting consultations, developmental assessments, creative arts, behavioral and play based interventions.
Healthy, trusting relationships are the foundation of emotional health and development. I provide relationship-based treatment in a safe, collaborative environment and integrate talk therapy with other evidence-based approaches for effective treatment. I often utilize cognitive behavioral strategies and active, guided meditation to help you learn skills to solve problems and feel better about yourself. Clients seek my help for a wide range of issues including depression, anxiety, trauma, developmental disorders, life transition, behavior change and stress management.
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Trauma-informed play support is incredibly impactful at all ages.
I work primarily with children who have experienced trauma, and adults who care for them. Perhaps you are a parent or professional, struggling with issues of self-regulation, motivation and burn-out. Whether activated by issues from your own childhood, or navigating complexities of practice, I can help you reflect and transform how you show up at work and in your creative life. Reconnect with what you love, and have more available for others.
Trauma-informed play support is incredibly impactful at all ages.
I work primarily with children who have experienced trauma, and adults who care for them. Perhaps you are a parent or professional, struggling with issues of self-regulation, motivation and burn-out. Whether activated by issues from your own childhood, or navigating complexities of practice, I can help you reflect and transform how you show up at work and in your creative life. Reconnect with what you love, and have more available for others.
Crissy Webster Counseling Services LLC
Counselor, MA, LCMHC, NCC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Bellows Falls, VT 05101
Waitlist for new clients
Crissy Webster Counseling Services LLC is a small private practice located in Springfield, VT. I am a Licensed Mental Health Counselor who holds licensure in the states of VT and NH, as well as nationally certified through the National Board of Certified Counselors. I see clients of all ages. We have a specialty in Juvenile Firesetting Assessments and Treatment, as well as, adult and adolescent anger management. Through my education and experiences, weI also have knowledge in the areas of Family Systems Model, Trauma Informed Education Practices, ARC, HNC, Parent Training, and perform Trauma Informed Mental Health Evaluations.
Crissy Webster Counseling Services LLC is a small private practice located in Springfield, VT. I am a Licensed Mental Health Counselor who holds licensure in the states of VT and NH, as well as nationally certified through the National Board of Certified Counselors. I see clients of all ages. We have a specialty in Juvenile Firesetting Assessments and Treatment, as well as, adult and adolescent anger management. Through my education and experiences, weI also have knowledge in the areas of Family Systems Model, Trauma Informed Education Practices, ARC, HNC, Parent Training, and perform Trauma Informed Mental Health Evaluations.
Online Therapists
Whether you are a parent seeking play therapy for your child, or an adult seeking therapy for yourself, I'm happy to work with all ages.
Regardless of our age, life can be incredibly overwhelming at times. Whether you're 2 or 92, there are going to be times that feel especially overwhelming. I have helped many clients of all ages work through a variety of challenges. Whether it be life changes, anxiety, depression, grief, stress management, addiction recovery or any number of other situations, I am there to help you through.
Whether you are a parent seeking play therapy for your child, or an adult seeking therapy for yourself, I'm happy to work with all ages.
Regardless of our age, life can be incredibly overwhelming at times. Whether you're 2 or 92, there are going to be times that feel especially overwhelming. I have helped many clients of all ages work through a variety of challenges. Whether it be life changes, anxiety, depression, grief, stress management, addiction recovery or any number of other situations, I am there to help you through.
Jennifer Overton
Pre-Licensed Professional, MS
Verified Verified
West Berlin, VT 05663
Waitlist for new clients
I am currently making a waitlist for new clients! Welcome to Joyful Otter Therapy. I offer in-person and telehealth counseling and psychotherapy services for children, adolescents, adults and families, ages 4 and up. Through a holistic approach, I strive to provide a safe and accessible environment to explore your strengths and needs, and develop goals that fit your current situation. Using evidence-based therapy, such as cognitive behavioral (CBT), mindfulness-based, and play therapy, I incorporate expressive arts to allow for more accessible treatment.
I am currently making a waitlist for new clients! Welcome to Joyful Otter Therapy. I offer in-person and telehealth counseling and psychotherapy services for children, adolescents, adults and families, ages 4 and up. Through a holistic approach, I strive to provide a safe and accessible environment to explore your strengths and needs, and develop goals that fit your current situation. Using evidence-based therapy, such as cognitive behavioral (CBT), mindfulness-based, and play therapy, I incorporate expressive arts to allow for more accessible treatment.
I utilize play therapy to help children work through developmental transitions, cope with stressors in their life, and build confidence.
I am here to support you as you navigate your way through life, whether it is to solidify a balance or to work through challenges. If you are struggling to make sense of how to be a less stressed parent in today's world, I can help you work through your own triggers and find solutions that are cooperative and confident. If your child needs help communicating their inner world, then play therapy will help them do so in a developmentally nurturing way. If you are an adult who needs to find confidence in their own thoughts, beliefs, and guidance, then our work together can free you of what is holding you back.
I utilize play therapy to help children work through developmental transitions, cope with stressors in their life, and build confidence.
I am here to support you as you navigate your way through life, whether it is to solidify a balance or to work through challenges. If you are struggling to make sense of how to be a less stressed parent in today's world, I can help you work through your own triggers and find solutions that are cooperative and confident. If your child needs help communicating their inner world, then play therapy will help them do so in a developmentally nurturing way. If you are an adult who needs to find confidence in their own thoughts, beliefs, and guidance, then our work together can free you of what is holding you back.
In my work with children, I also utilize Play Therapy techniques to help them comfortably express and overcome challenges in their natural language.
I invite clients into a supportive atmosphere where they can share and explore their different emotions, experience empathy, and being fully heard. Clients will develop skills to better manage their upsets, fears, or relational challenges, both past and present. From a mindful perspective, I challenge clients to create a ‘half-full' mindset, to gradually move beyond emotional reactivity or overwhelm. Regardless of the challenge, clients will learn to see the opportunities in life, rather than falling victim to upsets, and will gradually move into a new way of being - one with a renewed sense of possibility, peace, and freedom.
In my work with children, I also utilize Play Therapy techniques to help them comfortably express and overcome challenges in their natural language.
I invite clients into a supportive atmosphere where they can share and explore their different emotions, experience empathy, and being fully heard. Clients will develop skills to better manage their upsets, fears, or relational challenges, both past and present. From a mindful perspective, I challenge clients to create a ‘half-full' mindset, to gradually move beyond emotional reactivity or overwhelm. Regardless of the challenge, clients will learn to see the opportunities in life, rather than falling victim to upsets, and will gradually move into a new way of being - one with a renewed sense of possibility, peace, and freedom.
Andrea Moore
Pre-Licensed Professional, MA
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Montpelier, VT 05602 (Online Only)
Waitlist for new clients
When working with children or individuals who may struggle to communicate, Play Therapy can be beneficial in building positive behaviors and relationship skills.
Are you feeling overwhelmed, contemplating a major life change, struggling in a relationship, or trying to change an unhelpful habit? Engaging in therapy that takes a well-rounded and personalized approach could help you overcome those barriers and begin creating a future that you have been hoping for. My professional experience and formal education in health, applied behavioral analysis, education, curriculum and instruction, and counseling; provides the foundation for a well-rounded approach to therapy. This allows us to personalize your treatment plan, using a variety of different techniques, to best fit your needs and goals.
When working with children or individuals who may struggle to communicate, Play Therapy can be beneficial in building positive behaviors and relationship skills.
Are you feeling overwhelmed, contemplating a major life change, struggling in a relationship, or trying to change an unhelpful habit? Engaging in therapy that takes a well-rounded and personalized approach could help you overcome those barriers and begin creating a future that you have been hoping for. My professional experience and formal education in health, applied behavioral analysis, education, curriculum and instruction, and counseling; provides the foundation for a well-rounded approach to therapy. This allows us to personalize your treatment plan, using a variety of different techniques, to best fit your needs and goals.
My specialized training includes EMDR, Sand Play Therapy, and Trauma-Informed Yoga.
Now Accepting New Clients! I offer a compassionate, non-judgmental approach grounded in the biopsychosocial model, addressing the emotional, physical, and psychological aspects contributing to discomfort or life challenges. My clinical expertise spans working with trauma survivors of all ages, individuals managing chronic pain or complex medical conditions, those on the Autism Spectrum, and people seeking to overcome insecure attachment patterns affecting their relationships. If you're interested in exploring whether we're a good fit, feel free to reach out.
My specialized training includes EMDR, Sand Play Therapy, and Trauma-Informed Yoga.
Now Accepting New Clients! I offer a compassionate, non-judgmental approach grounded in the biopsychosocial model, addressing the emotional, physical, and psychological aspects contributing to discomfort or life challenges. My clinical expertise spans working with trauma survivors of all ages, individuals managing chronic pain or complex medical conditions, those on the Autism Spectrum, and people seeking to overcome insecure attachment patterns affecting their relationships. If you're interested in exploring whether we're a good fit, feel free to reach out.
Cynthia Abry
Counselor, LCMHC, CCATP, NCC, NCCMHC
Verified Verified
Bradford, VT 05033 (Online Only)
Waitlist for new clients
My specialty is working with adolescents and adults to improve communication and facilitate healing from trauma and/or issues that are impacting life in a negative way. I have extensive experience working to address the effects of sexual and physical abuse history, PTSD, OCD, as well as anxiety and depression. I am passionate about working with women who are dealing with transitions, marital, relationship and other challenges. I focus on building a trusting relationship, identifying solutions and strengths in order to facilitate transformation. I am trained in IFS, EMDR, and Play Therapy, among other approaches.
My specialty is working with adolescents and adults to improve communication and facilitate healing from trauma and/or issues that are impacting life in a negative way. I have extensive experience working to address the effects of sexual and physical abuse history, PTSD, OCD, as well as anxiety and depression. I am passionate about working with women who are dealing with transitions, marital, relationship and other challenges. I focus on building a trusting relationship, identifying solutions and strengths in order to facilitate transformation. I am trained in IFS, EMDR, and Play Therapy, among other approaches.
Jill Creswell
Psychologist, MS, LCMHC
Verified Verified
Montpelier, VT 05602
Waitlist for new clients
With children, I employ expressive art therapies and play therapy.
I believe in everyone's innate capacity to heal. Everyone deserves a safe and supportive therapeutic environment which can allow one to connect to all parts of oneself and lead to a greater capacity for self awareness and self compassion. Creating this space of safety, trust and unconditional regard for my client guides all my interactions and interventions. We will work collaboratively to explore how your family history, life experiences and current stressors contribute to the issues that bring you to therapy so that you can begin to shift unhelpful patterns of thoughts and behavior that are holding you back in life.
With children, I employ expressive art therapies and play therapy.
I believe in everyone's innate capacity to heal. Everyone deserves a safe and supportive therapeutic environment which can allow one to connect to all parts of oneself and lead to a greater capacity for self awareness and self compassion. Creating this space of safety, trust and unconditional regard for my client guides all my interactions and interventions. We will work collaboratively to explore how your family history, life experiences and current stressors contribute to the issues that bring you to therapy so that you can begin to shift unhelpful patterns of thoughts and behavior that are holding you back in life.
With children, their innate strengths, curiosities, and developmental milestones are the foundation of our therapeutic play.
My strength-based practice welcomes children, tweens, primary caregivers - and individual adults. I work with men, women and non binary individuals. In my role as therapist, I act as guide, collaborator, and psycho-educator to help clients learn how to relate to thoughts, feelings, and a new sense of being. I support people to transform struggles into challenges that provide opportunity for growth. In sitting with you and your experiences, I offer validation, radical acceptance and compassion. I also invite clients to speak their truth about how I can best serve them. In these ways we share trust.
With children, their innate strengths, curiosities, and developmental milestones are the foundation of our therapeutic play.
My strength-based practice welcomes children, tweens, primary caregivers - and individual adults. I work with men, women and non binary individuals. In my role as therapist, I act as guide, collaborator, and psycho-educator to help clients learn how to relate to thoughts, feelings, and a new sense of being. I support people to transform struggles into challenges that provide opportunity for growth. In sitting with you and your experiences, I offer validation, radical acceptance and compassion. I also invite clients to speak their truth about how I can best serve them. In these ways we share trust.
Welcome to Hobbyhorse Counseling, LLC! My practice focuses on treating children and families that have experienced trauma, as well as working with those who experience trauma due to being marginalized by our society. I believe in focusing on strengths, spending time engaged in play, and building a team of supports to help achieve goals.
Welcome to Hobbyhorse Counseling, LLC! My practice focuses on treating children and families that have experienced trauma, as well as working with those who experience trauma due to being marginalized by our society. I believe in focusing on strengths, spending time engaged in play, and building a team of supports to help achieve goals.
I am a Registered Play Therapist - Supervisor, and also I am an ordained clergy person in The Episcopal Church with training as an Interfaith Chaplain and welcome client's personal belief structures in my work.
I have closed my practice in Burlington as of May, 2024. In September of 2024 I will begin seeing clients in Shelburne, VT, offering a very specific short term protocol: Brief Parental Therapy, focused on parents of neurodivergent teens and young adults. I will also be offering brief metaphoric work. Both protocols would entail three sessions over a six-week period. I am trained in and love doing metaphoric work, thus the brief protocol I have developed based on sand tray therapy.
I am a Registered Play Therapist - Supervisor, and also I am an ordained clergy person in The Episcopal Church with training as an Interfaith Chaplain and welcome client's personal belief structures in my work.
I have closed my practice in Burlington as of May, 2024. In September of 2024 I will begin seeing clients in Shelburne, VT, offering a very specific short term protocol: Brief Parental Therapy, focused on parents of neurodivergent teens and young adults. I will also be offering brief metaphoric work. Both protocols would entail three sessions over a six-week period. I am trained in and love doing metaphoric work, thus the brief protocol I have developed based on sand tray therapy.
Megan Ritchey Mayo
Pre-Licensed Professional, MA, MS, BCBA
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Saint Johnsbury, VT 05819
For children, I use play and exploration of their interests to help them engage with what matters to them and address their fears and anxiety.
I offer psychotherapy to individuals of all ages, available online and in person at my St. Johnsbury office. In our sessions, we work together to choose goals, explore values, uncover sources of pain and anxiety, and experiment with new ways to engage with the world. We will explore what brings joy and fulfillment while addressing past and present challenges. I work hard to create an environment that is accepting and comfortable for a wide range of identities and abilities, and I have significant experience with autistic individuals and ADHDers.
For children, I use play and exploration of their interests to help them engage with what matters to them and address their fears and anxiety.
I offer psychotherapy to individuals of all ages, available online and in person at my St. Johnsbury office. In our sessions, we work together to choose goals, explore values, uncover sources of pain and anxiety, and experiment with new ways to engage with the world. We will explore what brings joy and fulfillment while addressing past and present challenges. I work hard to create an environment that is accepting and comfortable for a wide range of identities and abilities, and I have significant experience with autistic individuals and ADHDers.
I offer you - the client of any age, the choice of talk, play or expressive art mediums to share your concerns.
I provide interactive tools to help you resolve personal struggles that commonly manifest as anxiety, panic, confusion, fear, depression, worry or relationship problems. By accompanying you in conversation about your problems, strengths, achievements and values; or through play, drawing or dream recall I help you identify the relationship between your feelings and needs. Understanding this relationship is vital for resolving problems with peaceful and direct communication and cultivates self-compassion. My aim is to provide a therapeutic process that is supportive, relieving, exciting, appropriately challenging, and rewarding.
I offer you - the client of any age, the choice of talk, play or expressive art mediums to share your concerns.
I provide interactive tools to help you resolve personal struggles that commonly manifest as anxiety, panic, confusion, fear, depression, worry or relationship problems. By accompanying you in conversation about your problems, strengths, achievements and values; or through play, drawing or dream recall I help you identify the relationship between your feelings and needs. Understanding this relationship is vital for resolving problems with peaceful and direct communication and cultivates self-compassion. My aim is to provide a therapeutic process that is supportive, relieving, exciting, appropriately challenging, and rewarding.
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Who is play therapy for?
Play therapy is generally targeted to children between the ages of 3 and 11 who have social, emotional, or behavioral difficulties. Play therapy has also been found helpful for children who have experienced physical or emotional abuse or witnessed atrocities. Play therapy is also often recommended for children who are undergoing major medical procedures or who are suffering from chronic illness; many children’s hospitals are equipped to offer play therapy on-site. Play therapy is also sometimes used for adults; creative writing, music, and art are expressive forms that can all be adapted for therapeutic purposes.
Why do people need play therapy?
Children often do not have the language skills or words to know or to express what is troubling them. Yet they often spontaneously draw or use playthings to depict scenarios that reflect problems in their everyday life. Play therapy provides children with an array of objects and play situations to act out their feelings or experiences so that therapists can get a clear picture of what children might be struggling with and help them find solutions. In addition, play therapists are skilled at helping children understand their inner experience and find words for them, necessary steps toward helping children learn to control their own behavior and come up with solutions to problems they encounter.
What happens in play therapy?
A child enters a comfortable playroom where they are free to choose the objects they want to play with. The play therapist will typically observe how they play with the toys—whether a sandbox, puppets, dolls and action figures, trucks, costumes, drawing and painting materials, or more—because such play provides clues to a child’s family and social relationships, difficulties they are encountering in the world, and what going on inside themselves. Sometimes the therapist may ask the child to use the play objects to tell a story about their family. Using the same instruments of play, therapists can help children discover more advantageous ways of thinking and behaving.
What kinds of problems do play therapists treat?
Play therapy can help children who display destructive or self-destructive impulses; children who seem angry, sad, or fearful; children who experience frequent social, emotional, family, or school difficulty. Play therapy is often of value to children who have experienced a loss or distressing family experience, who are regularly exposed to family conflict, or who have been physically or emotionally abused. Play therapy can help children who are perpetrators of bullying as well as those who are targets of bullying. It helps children learn to identify their feelings, to express them in constructive ways, and to regulate them so they can get on with the business of development.
How long does play therapy last?
Play therapy sessions may last for 30 to 45 minutes, and they usually occur weekly for about 20 sessions. Each session is tailored to the individual child and the kinds of problems they are struggling with. Play that is highly repetitive often indicates a problem requiring further exploration. Therapists typically measure progress through session-to-session changes in play behavior.