Play Therapy for Children and Kids in Kamloops
Children’s Counselling for Emotional Regulation, Anxiety & Big Feelings
If you’re looking for play therapy in Kamloops for your child, you’re in the right place.
Children don’t process emotions the way adults do. They don’t sit on a couch and explain their anxiety. They show us through play, movement, imagination, and behaviour. When a child is overwhelmed, anxious, withdrawn, or acting out, those behaviours are often signals. With kids, we aim to understand these signals through play.
Play therapy for kids offers a developmentally appropriate way for children to process emotions, build regulation skills, and feel understood.
When children can’t say it with words, they say it with play.
Play therapy in Kamloops helps kids regulate big emotions, build confidence, and feel safe being themselves.
What Is Play Therapy?
Play therapy is a specialized form of children’s counselling that uses toys, creative expression, storytelling, sandtrays, art, and movement as the child’s natural language of healing.
In our Kamloops play therapy sessions, your child is supported to:
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Develop emotional regulation skills
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Reduce anxiety and worry
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Process trauma or stressful life events
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Improve self-esteem and confidence
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Express anger safely
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Strengthen attachment and connection
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Build problem-solving and coping skills
Rather than focusing only on behaviour, play therapy focuses on what is happening underneath the behaviour.
How Play Therapy Helps with Anxiety, Trauma & Behaviour
Many children come to therapy because of:
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Anxiety or school refusal
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Big emotional outbursts
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ADHD, ASD or neurodivergence
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Aggression or shutdown
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Difficulty sleeping
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Separation anxiety
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Grief or loss
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Family changes (divorce, moves, conflict)
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Trauma or overwhelming experiences
Play therapy supports the nervous system. When children feel emotionally safe and understood, their bodies begin to regulate. As regulation improves, behaviour naturally shifts.
We work with the belief that:
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Every child is doing the best they can with the tools they have.
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Emotional regulation is learned through relationship.
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Play is the child’s most powerful tool for healing.
Our Approach to Play Therapy in Kamloops
Our approach to kids counselling in Kamloops is grounded in:
1. Regulation First
Before children can problem-solve or “behave better,” their nervous systems need support. Sessions focus on co-regulation, attunement, and helping children build internal calming skills.
2. Emotional Expression Through Play
Toys are chosen intentionally to allow children to explore themes of power, safety, connection, fear, and confidence. Nothing is random. Play reveals what words often cannot.
3. Therapist Attunement & Relationship
Healing happens in safe, consistent relationships. We follow the child’s lead while offering gentle structure and emotional reflection.
4. Parent Involvement
Parents are not left out of the process. We provide guidance and tools so that emotional growth continues at home. Children improve most when caregivers feel supported and confident.
Book a Play Therapy Session in Kamloops, BC
If your child is struggling with anxiety, big emotions, behaviour concerns, or the impact of stressful experiences, play therapy can help.
You don’t have to wait for things to get worse.
For children 7 and up, please feel free to book in directly with Tiffany, our child therapist.
For children 6 and under, please connect with us first as parental or guardian involvement is necessary. You can reach us by emailing hello@wellmind.ca or by phone at 250-572-2324.