The is supported in part by the United Ways of Hall, Lumpkin, Dawson, Forsyth, White, and Habersham Counties. 
| Play TherapyPlay Therapy is a structured intervention in which children, particularly children who are too young to be able to effectively verbalize about their situations, interact with professionals trained to interpret child's play. Play therapy is beneficial to children (and some suggest adults as well!) in a number of ways. Through play therapy, children can be taught preventive skills as well as work on healing and developing a positive adult relationship (with the therapist). Play gives children an opportunity to express their feelings, learn healthy coping skills, and resolve their troubles and conflicts.See how you can support our Play Therapy Program through contributing items on our Wish List. |
Art TherapyJust as with play, there is an intrinsic benefit to participation in art therapy. Also like Play Therapy, it is particularly useful for children who are unable to effectively communicate about the abuse that they have suffered through words. In an Art Therapy setting, art is used as another language and children's art work is used to help the therapist interpret his or her self-concept, family relationships, and It is especially powerful with children who have been traumatized as the children who come to Children's Center for Hope & Healing are, and with children with developmental delays.See how you can make a difference by supporting our Art Therapy program. |
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Nearly 50% of all women in state prisons report that they were physically or sexually abused.
We Can Help
Our dedicated, caring professional staff members represent a combined total of more than sixty years of therapeutic practice. All of our therapists are licensed mental health professionals or license-eligible, supervised graduate or post-doctoral students. In addition, the staff includes one psychologist and one Spanish language translator. Several members of our staff are licensed play or art therapists.
The Children's Center for Hope & Healing staff works as an inter-disciplinary team with a high-level of collaboration and consultation. Many cases we work with involve multiple family members and, therefore, involve multiple therapists. There is also a great deal of cross-over between those who work with children and teens in Project Pathfinder and those that work in Victims' Services, especially as a great deal of child sexual abuse occurs within families.
Our therapists employ a variety of different types of interventions to help our clients to address their needs. We work with children in individual, group, and family therapy.
