Play Therapy Helps Children Work Things Out
By: Nagia E. Moharram, TMWF Communications At TMWF social services, Jameela Tifla1 provides play therapy to children, adolescents, and adults. Ms. Tifla, a Texas Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), who specializes in play therapy, explains the effectiveness of her counseling services. Play Therapy With children, ages 3 to 12 years, Ms. Tifla uses child-centered play therapy. She explains, “[For children] play therapy is what talk therapy is to adults. Play is their natural language …[and is] innate to them…. [Through play] they learn about themselves …[and] about the world…[and] make sense of the world. It’s just the most natural process for…