Not only can children benefit from play therapy, but adults can experience healing through a type of play therapy using sand and figures called Sandtray Therapy. The right side of our brain is where trauma, feelings and emotions are held, and the left part of our brain is our language and logic center. We first process the world in images and pictures, but those experiences are often not connected to the left part of our brain until we are able to put language to those images, pictures and feelings. Sandtray therapy helps with integrating the feeling and thinking parts of our brain thus providing a cathartic and healing experience as clients are able to put words to their internal world.
Kristi Patterson, MA, LMFT-S, LPC-S, RPT-S, ICST has extensive training in sandtray therapy and is an Internationally Credentialled Sandtray Therapist. Sandtray therapy is an optional brain-body approach to the therapy experience at Kristi Patterson Family & Play Therapy, PLLC.
*Kristi Patterson, MA, LMFT-S, LPC-S, RPT-S, ICST is currently providing counseling and therapy services to clients in Houston, Spring, and The Woodlands, Texas. In addition, Kristi Patterson, MA, LMFT-S, LPC-S, RPT-S, ICST provides online counseling and therapy services to individuals throughout Texas.