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Welcome to Gerber Play Therapy!
Are you the parent of a child experiencing tantrums or struggling with their emotions? Is your child facing a stressful and difficult challenge in life, such as grief, trauma, anxiety and family changes?
Parenting can be a lonely and difficult journey if you are struggling with behavioral and emotional challenges with your child. At Gerber Play Therapy, we help parents with little kids with big behaviors and big emotions create healing, peaceful and connected relationships with their child using parent/child therapy and parent coaching, as well as offer play therapy to help with your child’s emotional struggles.
Our Story
Gerber Play Therapy was formed in 2022 as a counseling practice focusing on providing parent-child therapy and play therapy for children ages 3-10 in the Columbia/Lexington South Carolina area.
The mission of Gerber Play Therapy is to enhance mental wellness in young children in the Midlands Area, strengthen the emotional connection between parents and children, help parents and caregivers assist their children with the healing process and to impart the message to each child that they are seen, heard and appreciated as the unique gift they are to the world. Jennifer Gerber, founder and therapist at Gerber Play Therapy and Counseling, is a Registered Play Therapist, which provides a more skilled and highly trained approach to the treatment of children using play therapy. Jennifer also LOVES supporting parentis in their parenting and personal journeys to become their most authenitic and amazing selves!
About Play Therapy
Play Therapy, a modality of Child Therapy, is a powerful tool for addressing cognitive, emotional and behavioral challenges using a child’s natural medium of self expression–their play. The child is then able to play out their feelings, just as an adult talks to a therapist. Licensed therapists also trained in play therapy help children process their emotions and experiences, as well create effective strategies for managing their emotions.
At Gerber Play Therapy, we are here to help parents tame those tantrums, soothe those anxious emotions and regulate angry feelings in their young child because we know how hard it is, how much you're trying, and how exhausting it is to feel helpless when your child is hurting.
Hey, I know you can do it! I know you CAN help your child, and I know HOW you can help them. I have helped 100's of parents like you achieve a tantrum- free life!
Call Gerber Play Therapy at (803) 770-5659 to make an appointment today.
Our Values
At Gerber Play Therapy, we value the power of parents to heal and support their child in their journey towards emotional and behavioral wellness as the most important tool in the healing process. That connection and attachment with your child is pivotal in their emotional growth, and interventions to enhance this relationship is the cornerstone of the help we provide families and children.
Why Choose Gerber Play Therapy in Lexington, SC
Jennifer Gerber’s approach to play therapy, combining neuroscience, attachment theory and the power of parent emotional connection blended with the power of play therapy to reduce big behaviors and enhance emotional wellness in children, along with 15 years of experience and advocating for the power of play therapy including becoming a Registered Play Therapist to enhance her skills in the field to better help children and families are all reasons to choose Gerber Play Therapy to assist in helping you and your child through challenging and difficult times.
Contact
Interested in making an appointment for your child? Email or call our office today to set up an appointment.