The Hope Center for Children and Families provides a uniquely designed therapeutic environment for children and adolescents who suffer behavioral, emotional, and social problems, and their families. Our warm and caring staff are committed, trained, and experienced in providing appropriate and effective methods in treating children and adolescents through the use of age-appropriate treatment methods, including play therapy.
Play Therapy
Play therapy is specialized treatment modality primarily designed for children ages 3-11. It has been demonstrated to be effective with most diagnostic categories. Toys represent children's words, and their play is a form of self-expression. Therapy takes place when a trained play therapist communicates with children using the medium in which the children are most comfortable.
Some of the goals of Play Therapy are:
- Reduce inappropriate behaviors
- Increase children's problem solving, communication, and coping skills
- Increase children's self-esteem
- Increase children's range of emotion
- Teach children to identify and express feelings in a constructive way
Our fully accredited Play Therapists at Arizona Interfaith Counseling's Hope Center specialize in childhood depression, anxiety, grief, loss, separation, divorce issues, ADHD/ADD, and childhood trauma.
Contact the Hope Center for Children and Families at 480-610-6996 for more information and availability. The Hope Center is located in downtown Mesa, across from the Mesa Arts Center.