The mammogram is the best way to find a breast cancer before it is large enough to be felt. This gives a woman a much better chance for a cure, he said. When children experience a traumatic event, they have a tendency to either become very shy and fearful or they go the other extreme and act out. Sitting and talking to someone face to face about what is bothering them is difficult. To help these children many of whom are victims of sexual abuse, witnesses to violence, bullied at school, going through grief or loss after a parent dies or after divorce, or a refugee coming to a new environment the psychiatrists and therapist at the Robert Young Center for Community Mental Health use play therapy to help a child open up and talk.
Kids are natural players.
Through play therapy, therapists can elicit a lot of vital information about what is bothering a particular child. The Robert Young Center plans to significantly enhance its existing Play Therapy Program later this summer thanks to the Trinity Health Foundation Golf Classic. Features of the play therapy room will include child-friendly floor and wall coverings. In addition, an observation room and window adjoining the play therapy room will be constructed equipped with video and speaker systems. Furnishings for both the play therapy and observation rooms will be purchased as will play therapy equipment, supplies and toys.