PLAY THERAPY
with
Julie Thigpen, LPC-S, RPT-S
What Is Play Therapy?
“Play Therapy is based upon the fact that play is the child’s natural medium of self expression ...
It is an opportunity which is given to the child to ‘play out’ his feelings and problems just as in certain types of adult therapy an individual ‘talks out’ his difficulties.”
-- Virginia Axline
Play Therapy, a modality of child therapy, is a powerful tool for addressing cognitive, behavioral, and emotional challenges.
Licensed professionals use play therapeutically to help clients better process their experiences and develop more effective strategies for managing their worlds.
For additional information regarding play therapy and its benefits, please see information provided by
the Association for Play Therapy, to understand how
Toys are the child’s words,
play is their language.
Play therapy is to children what talk-therapy is to adults.
In play therapy, a child is able to use play - their natural and developmentally appropriate medium of expression - to help express feelings, manage experiences, and develop more effective strategies for managing beliefs and behaviors.
Julie is trained to administer a few play therapy modalities. These include Child-Centered Play Therapy (CCPT), Eye-Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), and Sandtray therapy.
For more information on the types of therapy modalities Julie specializes in, click the button below.
How do I get through the bedtime routine without yelling? How do I manage a tantrum? How can I get my kids to talk to me? How can I understand them better? How can I get closer with my child?
Parenting isn’t easy, and no one is given a manual of what to do in any given situation. You don’t have to figure it out all on your own. Julie provides many different services to help parents with their children!
Weekly coaching sessions can help you prepare and practice for encountering potential parenting stressors. With parent coaching, you can learn to set healthy limits, develop communication skills, listen so your kids will talk to you, increase the love in your home, and more.
Julie provides two types of parent coaching - click the button below to learn more.
Are you a Play Therapy mental health professional, or soon-to-be professional looking for supervision hours, consultation, or connections with other professionals in the Coastal Bend area?
Are you an LPC or RPT looking to get more CEs?
Julie provides both professional consultation and LPC-A supervision hours. Additionally, Julie is an active member of the Play Therapy Professionals of the Coastal Bend organization, and can help Play Therapy professionals join the group and make meaningful connections to help clients all along the Coastal Bend.
Julie is also an accredited and certified ATP CE provider, as of 2024.
Click the link below to make an appointment with Julie or one of her associates at Distinctive Counseling and Consulting.
In-Network Primary Insurance:
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Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS)
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United Health Care (UHC)
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Aetna
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TX Medicaid/CHIPS (Driscoll & Superior)
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Self-pay & cash options for all Out-of-Network insurance
Appointments can also be made with LPC-Associates under Julie's direct supervision for reduced rates and for other insurance policies including:
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Cigna
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Aetna
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TX Medicaid/CHIPS (Driscoll)
Location
DISTINCTIVE COUNSELING AND CONSULTING
4646 Corona Drive Suite #216
Corpus Christi, TX 78411
BY APPOINTMENT ONLY
Voice Mail: (361) 334-1161
4646 Corona Drive
Suite #216
Corpus Christi, TX 78411
Voice Mail: (361) 334 - 1161
