Creative, Play, and Behavioral Therapy for Children
Hi there! I’m Marnie J. Cohen, LCSW-R, RPT, a psychotherapist based in Armonk, New York. I primarily work with children and their families using creative, play, and behavioral therapy.
Why Play Therapy?
Play and creative therapies allow kids of all ages a safer way to express and process difficult emotions in a way that talk therapy alone cannot accomplish.
Of upmost importance is the safe relationship we form in therapeutic arena. As part of the therapy, I look at the child’s creative work and play with a different lens and begin to interpret it as the child’s way of releasing emotions or trying to process things that are difficult for them to express. This helps with expressing difficult emotions, as well as managing their problems such as anxiety, social stress, self-regulation, change/transition, and interpersonal conflict.
About Marnie J. Cohen
I feel that helping children through their life experiences can often interrupt our sense of wholeness, leaving us feeling unable to regulate and find our way. I offer a nurturing and playful therapeutic arena to facilitate and treat helping children and families to achieve success through emotional support.
I believe that in assisting with your child’s therapeutic needs—based on their progress and development I can assess and gain a better understanding of the child’s behavior within the contents of his/her family, community and culture.
I feel it is important to know that my therapeutic arena provides children with a safe and confidential space to work through their emotions using a creative and play based therapy approaches.
Child Therapy Services
Play Therapy
Play therapy is an approach that allows a natural form of expression via play in an open and safe arena.
Creative Psychotherapy
Behavioral Therapy
Child Behavior therapy places focus on teaching and strengthening positive behaviors while reducing or eliminating unwanted ones.