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Sunray Family Counseling

Filial Therapy

If you would rather not have your child come into the office to see their therapist and prefer to keep them at home, please consider telehealth supplemented with Filial Therapy—a form of play therapy facilitated by a parent at home.

Please note that not all insurances cover telehealth. Please contact your provider to ensure that they will pay for the session.

What is Filial Therapy?

Filial Therapy is an empirically proven way to teach parents to administer play therapy to their children at home.

What will you need?

When using our telehealth option, a therapist can coach parents and even participate in sessions while you and your child are in the comfort of your own home.

You will need a container to put the toys in, a blanket or small tarp to distinguish a play space, and some of the toys or objects on the following list:
Family and Nurturance Toys

Family and Nurturance Toys

  • Figurine doll family (one for each member of the family, at minimum)
  • House for a doll family—it can be a box or even just a paper map of your house
  • Puppet family (people or animals)
  • Baby doll
  • Nurturing doll accessories: bottle, clothes, bottle
  • Kitchen dishes with play food
Aggression-Related Toys

Aggression-Related Toys

  • Nerf gun with bullets
  • Foam hammer, foam bat
  • Military figurines (army men)
  • Aggressive animal figures, such as dragon, lion, or wolf
Expressive Toys

Expressive Toys

  • Art supplies: crayons, markers, chalk, whiteboard, paper
  • Play-doh
  • Dress up: scarves, bandannas, magic wands, masks, hats, phones, mirror
Multi-Use Toys

Multi-Use Toys

  • Medical kit: band-aids, stethoscope, ace bandage wrap, etc.
  • Deck of Cards
  • Play money
  • Bean bags
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