Children, Teen and Family Programs

Safe Haven Holistic Counselling helps parents and caregivers who struggle with parenting problems. Magdalena has a passion for working with children and youth through the use of play therapy and self expressive therapies. She welcomes parents who are struggling to find answers with regard to parenting challenges. Magdalena helps children, teenagers and their families with attachment difficulties, behavioral issues and any other mental health problems. Magdalena uses Attachment Focused Therapy as well as Family Therapy strategies to encourage children, teens and parents to act out their issues and fatasies and express their fellings through creative art and play.

Parent/child interaction therapy can repair relationships with children and youth. When a youth becomes a teenager, quite often parents need to learn how to communicate with them again through this time of change. Parenting issues can arise when you have difficulties disciplining your child and you fell that your voice is not being heard. Magdi uses play therapy to help the child express what's going on in their own secret world. When a child can't say what's going on inside, they can often express it through play.

A child's self regulatory system can grow and heal them, this is proven through psychotherapy studies. Children who have anger and anxiety issues that they can't control can definitely be helped through play therapy.