How Play helps Mental Health

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Health may be one of those things like art that we recognize when we see it.  Imagine a child, unselfconsciously and joyfully at play with peers on a playground, a youth with bright eyes and glowing complexion, or a couple walking hand in hand.  In contrast, when our health is suddenly compromised in some big…

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Attachment Modality

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Attachment Therapy Family Christian Counseling Center uses the lens of attachment theory to aid in their diagnosis and treatment of children. One of the tenets of attachment theory is that relationships actually shape neural processes and emotional regulatory abilities throughout life. Attachment and Neurobiology The NCBI (National Center for Biotechnology Information), a branch of the…

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Canine Assisted Therapy

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Courage – Our canine therapist   Courage and Tuppence are two of the “4 legged variety” of therapists at the Family Christian Counseling Center. They have both been around the offices at the Center helping children heal for many years. Any dog that is used by a therapist at the Center must be evaluated and…

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Children and Sand Tray Therapy

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One of the techniques that the Family Christian Counseling Center uses in children’s counseling is the sand tray. The therapists at the Center use this method as an addition to traditional therapies. Sand tray therapy is defined as “The therapeutic use of a collection of miniatures in a sandtray. It is a non-verbal expressive and…

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Children’s Counseling Checklist

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One of the instruments that the therapists at Family Christian Counseling Center use during child counseling to help assess children who are experiencing behavioral, emotional, and social problems is the Child Behavior Checklist. This is a checklist that has been developed over decades using evidence based research to aid in identifying behavioral, emotional, and social…

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