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What Working Together Looks Like

Play therapy is a process, not a quick fix.
Before any sessions begin, we take time to ensure this approach feels right for your child — and for you.

Parent consultations offer space to ask questions and understand how play therapy works.
Individual sessions focus on your child’s emotional world, using play as the language for expression, regulation, and healing.

Below you’ll find the current service options and session details.

Child-Centered Play Therapy (CCPT)

Child-Centered Play Therapy is a developmentally appropriate approach that allows children to express thoughts, feelings, and experiences through play—their natural language. In a safe, supportive environment, children lead the sessions while the therapist provides empathy, acceptance, and understanding. This process helps children build emotional resilience, improve behaviour, and develop healthy coping skills.

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Child-Parent Relationship Therapy (CPRT)

Child-Parent Relationship Therapy is a research-based, play-focused parent training program that strengthens the parent-child bond. Through special play sessions and guided support, parents learn to respond more effectively to their child’s emotional needs, reduce behavioral challenges, and deepen connection. CPRT empowers caregivers to become the healing agent in their child’s life.

Care That Supports Your Child — and You

Play therapy focuses on your child’s emotional world.
Parent consultations are designed to support you with clarity, information, and next steps.

Parent Consultation

Free   30-45 Minutes

A dedicated conversation for parents and caregivers.

Sessions are: 

  • This time is for you to:

  • Ask questions about play therapy

  • Share concerns about your child

  • Understand whether this approach is the right fit

  • Get clarity before committing to sessions

Individual Play Therapy Session (45 minutes)

$170   45 Minutes

One on one play therapy for children. 

Sessions are: 

  • Child-led

  • Developmentally appropriate

  • Grounded in safety, regulation, and trust

  • Focused on emotional processing through play, not talk

Some private insurance plans may provide coverage for sessions with a Registered Nurse Psychotherapist. Please check with your provider.

Puppet Theater
Dollhouse
Colouring books

Helping children find their voice - through play.

About
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I help children heal through play, their natural way of understanding the world. Using Child-Centered Play Therapy (CCPT), I offer a safe, supportive space where kids can express big feelings, build confidence, and heal at their own pace.​

Registered Nurse Psychotherapist
Certified in Child-Centered Play Therapy

Free Parent Consultation
30–45 minutes. No pressure.

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We acknowledge that our therapy practice rests on the traditional territories of the Haudenosaunee and Anishinaabe peoples. We recognize that this land has been a place of healing and care for thousands of years. As mental health practitioners, we honour the enduring relationship between Indigenous peoples and these lands, and we commit to practices that respect this legacy while working toward reconciliation and healing.

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