Experience Courage in Play Therapy
Specializing in Play Therapy with children from age 3 and above.
Fred Rogers “Mr. Rogers Neighborhood” (Janet’s childhood hero):
“Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children play is serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood.”
When children Experience Courage in Play Based Therapies, they succeed and the adults in their lives can better understand and support their needs.
Janet Nordine, MS, LMFT, RPT-S is one of the few Registered Play Therapists Supervisors (RPT-S) in Private Practice in Las Vegas, Nevada. She has spent hundreds of hours in Play Therapy Training and with clients to be able to work with children in their language of PLAY. She has developed a unique set of skills that will help children express their inner worlds, emotions, and needs. She sees children as a delight and strives to make a connection so that they feel safe, seen, and heard in session. She works with parents to better understand their children and to help build meaningful attachments.
Play Therapy when presented by a Registered Play Therapist, is so much more than games and talking. As a Registered Play Therapist, Janet looks at the child’s sense of wonder and achievement in their play, allowing them to lead and, at times, become the guide. The child shows themselves through their play, they process their emotions, their worries, their hopes, and dreams through their actions in play. As a Registered Play Therapist, she is always amazed by children and how they bring their whole and real selves to the Therapy Playroom. It is a gift to see their worlds open and to see them begin to find confidence in their emotions, their lives, and their families. Janet strives to see the preciousness in each child and each person she encounters.
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What is a Registered Play Therapist? – Many therapists say they do play therapy but becoming a Registered Play Therapist takes many hours of additional training, and it is not an easy process. Janet has taken 150 (and many more!) additional hours of training to be able to say, “she is a Registered Play Therapist.” A quote from the Association for Play Therapy says, “Child play therapy is a way of being with the child that honors their unique developmental level and looks for ways of helping in the “language” of the child – play. Licensed mental health professionals therapeutically use play to help their clients, to better express themselves and resolve their problems.” - https://www.a4pt.org/
Play therapy works best when a safe relationship is created between the Registered Play Therapist and client. A relationship in which the child may freely and naturally express both what pleases and bothers them in their lives. This expression is usually done through their play.
If you are looking for a specialist to work with your child and their unique needs, please contact Janet for a complimentary 20 minute introduction and consultation session.
For more information: https://www.a4pt.org/ Association for Play Therapy
