ST. LOUIS — Learn how to connect with your child and heal through Bud To Bloom Play Therapy. Bud to Bloom Play Therapy is a small group practice located in the city. They specialize in children with trauma, big behavior, and foster and adoptive families.
Bud to Bloom uses play therapy to help children and families connect and heal. They also provide professional development to schools and nonprofits that work with kids to help them learn how to use the therapeutic powers of play.
For Wellness Wednesday, Mary Caltrider welcomed back the owner of Bud to Bloom, Jasmine Berger, to help discuss play therapy and how it benefits families.
Play therapy is an evidence-based practice with a large body of research to support its efficacy with children. It allows children a developmentally appropriate way to express themselves. Play is the language and the toys are the words.
Play Therapy can help strengthen the attachment and connection between a caregiver and child. So much of caregiver and child relationships are built through playful moments, so in play therapy, caregivers can learn playful ways to connect with their children.
Play Therapy can help children practice regulation in the moment with a therapist. They can even use play as a tool to regulate in the playroom when we are doing challenging work.
Children can learn the truth about themselves and their choices through play therapy. This can increase confidence.
Bud To Bloom Play Therapy is located in Soulard. Stop by or give them a call today at (314) 314-9961.