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At Lenka de Villiers-van Zyl Play Therapy children are provided the opportunity to express their truth, heal their hearts, and reach their full potential.
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Gestalt play therapy is the main mode of therapeutic assistance offered by this practice. Play therapy is a non-threatening intervention, which offers children a chance to resolve challenges or trauma via their natural mode of communication – play. In Gestalt play therapy, the therapeutic relationship is the main therapeutic tool – a warm, supportive and nurturing relationship between therapist an

d child supports children’s growth and resilience throughout the process. In this way, children are supported to become aware of troubling thoughts, behaviours, or situations, and can work towards positive change and growth. I include parents in interventions as far as possible with regular feedback, as I believe them to be the experts on their children, with the capacity to make the biggest difference in their lives. This practice offers individual therapy for a variety of challenges, including the following:
- Loss, grief and bereavement
- Emotional regulation/expression difficulties
- Anxiety
- Adjustment and transitioning challenges
- Trauma
- Divorce related difficulties
- Attachment and bonding difficulties
- Assisting the highly sensitive child
- Relational difficulties
- Bullying
- Self-esteem issues
- Sibling rivalry
- Behaviour challenges

Other services offered by this practice include:
- Play therapy based group work for emotional and social awareness
- Socio-emotional assessments (holistic assessment of the child’s emotional experience of his/her world to inform subsequent therapy)
- Attachment work with parents and infants/toddlers/children
- Baby bonding for groups of parents and their infants/toddlers
- Trauma intervention with the Attachment, Regulation, and Competency therapy model
- Parent education and guidance around various challenges, healthy attachment, and handling the highly sensitive child
- Course on Parenting the Traumatized Child (presented with colleague Esther Naudé, snr social worker specializing in Somatic Experiencing)

For more information about any of the above-mentioned services, please do not hesitate to contact me at 072 135 8454 or [email protected].

14/02/2024

Happy Valentine's day! Let's spread the love by being our authentic selves, and by seeing and appreciating it in our children as well ❤️

25/01/2024

I'm so excited to share news of our upcoming webinar with you! Be sure to join us for tips and tricks to handle separation anxiety.

Join us for our upcoming webinar Starting Playschool - Navigating the first steps together.

This webinar is brought to you by Meg Faure and Lenka De Villiers-van Zyl designed to support both parents, children AND TEACHERS in the exciting transition to school life.

Starting school is a bIg step for little ones but a much bigger hurdle for their parents. Battling with separation anxiety can be a challenge all round. As a teacher, you want to know how to help parents to and little ones to cope. As a parent, you need tools to make goodbyes a little easier.

As your child embarks on this pivotal journey, we understand the blend of excitement and apprehension this milestone brings for both young learners and their families.

Explore practical strategies as they partner together to bridge the gap between home and school.

Date: Tuesday, 30th January (online)
Time: 8pm (SAST)
Tickets: R150 (Free for Play Sense parents)

Book now: https://playsense.org/discover/school-beginnings-navigating-the-first-steps-together/

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Opening Hours

Monday	08:00 - 17:00
Tuesday	08:00 - 17:00
Wednesday	08:00 - 17:00
Thursday	08:00 - 17:00
Friday	08:00 - 17:00

Telephone

+27721358454

Website

https://playtherapies.co.za/

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