Header image  
DR VIRGINIA RYAN  
  
 
 
 
 
 

Play Therapy
Filial Therapy

WELCOME to Information on Play Therapy and Filial Therapy with Dr Virginia Ryan

Seeing children playing often has adults smiling with pleasure too!

Playing is restorative and natural for children.  Adults remember that sense of well being they had when they played as children.   Play also is the most common means children use to make sense of themselves, their experiences and other people, all without having any real life consequences.  Play Therapy and Filial Therapy tap into this natural process, using the skilful help of qualified play therapists.   Play Therapy and Filial Therapy allow children to play.  And through their play, they are able to work more easily on their emotional and social problems.  Children become able to find creative, personalised solutions to what troubles them and what other people may feel worried or troubled by too.

Virginia’s therapy is based on these features of play.  She provides a range of services for children, their families, and the professionals who work with them.  Her part time clinical practice covers the Yorkshire and Lincolnshire areas of the UK, with its centre in Hull.