More than arts and crafts
The Women’s and Children’s Hospital currently has eleven dedicated Play Therapists who work hard to ensure that every child who enters the Hospital has access to the tools they need to express themselves.
Rather than eliminating unpleasant feelings altogether, the goal of the Play Therapy service is to allow children to ‘feel what they feel’ and give them a safe space to communicate this without becoming overwhelmed.
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Many parents who have had a seriously ill child, have described the Play Therapy program as a critical service to their child’s mental wellbeing and recovery while in the Hospital.
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