Child Therapy Tampa Bay Area Child Therapist.

Before you choose a therapist for your child, consider the type of therapy your child will receive.

For some people, choosing a Child Therapist is kind of like the story of the man who was having heart problems who flips through the phone book to find a town clinic, and upon seeing the general practice doctor is told "you have a heart problem".

Loretta Gallo-Lopez is one of the few therapists in the Tampa Bay area that specializes in seeing children. Why is this significant? Well, You know that sitting a child in a chair across from you and asking them to talk about what they are "feeling" is futile. Any parent who has sat at the dinner table and asked about their child's day knows that. Yet many, so-called, "child therapists" try to do just that!

Children do not have the capability to express what they are feeling in the same way adults do until they are teens or even later. However, children do express their feelings through PLAY!

A child's natural language is play and toys are his or her words. By having a skilled play therapist work with your child in a state of play, your child reaps the benefits of therapy without having to verbalize any concerns unless he or she is able, or chooses to.

Play therapy is, for most children, the most natural and effective path to healing. Play therapy helps children to learn problem solving skills, healthy ways of expressing feelings and communicating with others, managing stress and anxiety and modifying behaviors and enables children to work through and resolve feelings related to life stressors.

Are you still considering therapy for your child?
Before your child's next issue occurs,
Call (813) 355-7684!