Sunshine Therapy
Play therapy, art therapy, bibliotherapy, and cognitive-behavioral therapy in home throughout the Morongo Basin.
For children ages 4-12, who are ready to flourish and reach their potential
Therapy can improve your child’s ability to recognize, understand, and manage or control their emotions. Therapy can also help children navigate relationships with grace, kindness and self-awareness.
Sessions are designed to help your child discover their inner gifts and resilience through a variety of therapeutic experiences.
Core Approach
- Mindfulness: I teach and help your child practice mindfulness techniques, which can assist them with managing overwhelming emotions, may improve their concentration and attention-span, and can help them find inner peace and calm during times of stress.
- Creative Expression: I provide your child individualized attention utilizing art, music, or other activities. Creative activities can help your child explore their identity and beliefs, fostering self-awareness and self-acceptance. Accomplishing creative tasks and projects can also boost your child’s self-confidence, helping them to feel more capable and empowered.
- Storytelling: I encourage your child to tell their story through words or play. This can help to promote insight, self-reflection, emotional processing, and personal growth. I also utilize bibliotherapy, which involves reading for a therapeutic purpose. I may ask your child to examine characters in stories, explore themes, and find parallels in their own life, to help with their social and emotional development.
- New Experiences: I bring new activities to sessions with a therapeutic purpose. Facing new uncertainties can help children develop resilience, adaptability, and coping skills, preparing them to navigate future obstacles with confidence and resourcefulness.
Sunshine Therapy focus areas:
- Self-esteem building
- Anxiety or moodiness
- Underperforming in school or sports
- Adjusting to divorce or parental separation
- Over-reliance on screen time/technology use
- Family relationship-building (parents, siblings, blended families)
- Healing from traumatic events
- Body image concerns
- Substance abuse prevention or treatment
- Managing eco or social anxiety
Theoretical Orientation/Approaches
- Integrative therapy: I blend cognitive behavioral therapy with creative expression, mindfulness, new experiences, and storytelling.
- Mindfulness-based Child-Centered Play Therapy: An approach to therapy that empowers your child to take an active role in addressing their emotional needs. Creates a safe and supportive environment for your child to develop greater self-awareness, emotional regulation, and overall well-being.
- Parent involvement: An empowerment approach that involves parents and caregivers in the therapy process.
“Here’s to strong children: May we know them, may we love them, may we raise them.” — Unknown
