Family First Play Therapy

Family First Play Therapy has been supporting families for over 20 years and this fall they are opening a brand new location in Burlington! Does your child experience big emotions or become frustrated easily? Has your family gone through some changes or stresses that your child is struggling with? Are you looking for support on how best to help your child with their mental health, behaviour challenges or life experiences? Then Family First Play Therapy Centre can help. There are many reasons why children demonstrate challenging behaviours – many of which are symptoms which stem from the root of something more significant.  Family life stresses, anxiety, attachment losses, social or developmental challenges, regulation issues, medical or interpersonal trauma, or grief are just some of the more common reasons why a child may experience emotional vulnerability.  Family First has been around for over 22 years and has been at the forefront of child Play Therapy services across Ontario and Canada.   Created and grown by nationally and internationally renowned Lorie Walton, M.Ed, RP. Lorie is a Certified Play Therapist Supervisor and a Certified Theraplay Therapist Supervisor and Trainer. Family First is a unique, supportive, nurturing private agency that strives to help families and children with evidence-based reputable modalities.  With two locations to service families: Burlington and Bradford, Family First offers services for which clients can be reimbursed via employment benefits. Some of the services offered at Family First include: Individual child sessions Family sessions Parent counselling Psycho-educational assessments Child trauma assessments Infant and children’s sleep coaching Children’s groups Give your child the gift of confidence and emotional strength …  Family First can help!