If your child is struggling and you're not sure what actually helps a kid that age put words to what they're feeling, you're not alone in that. I'm Alexis Cayne, a Marriage and Family Therapy intern at Northwest Relationships, working under the direct supervision of Brittany Thomas, LMFT, an AAMFT Approved Supervisor, which means every session I run gets clinical oversight from someone with years of specific training in exactly this kind of work.

I work with children, individuals, and families on play therapy, family dynamics and attachment, parenting support, grief, and neurodiversity. Play therapy uses a child's own language, play, to help them process what they don't yet have words for, since a seven-year-old usually can't sit still and articulate feelings the way an adult in talk therapy can. I'm working toward the Registered Play Therapist credential, which adds another layer of specialized training on top of my current MFT education.

For parents specifically, sessions with me tend to involve some combination of individual time with your child and family sessions where we work on the dynamics at home together, not just what happens in the fifty minutes we're in the room.

I'm a good fit for a family in Tacoma or across Washington state looking for a play therapist for a child dealing with anxiety, grief, a family transition, or a neurodivergent diagnosis, especially if your child struggles to talk about feelings directly.

Request a session or start an intake form when you're ready. If you have questions about what a play therapy session actually looks like for a child your kid's age, send a question first and I'm happy to walk you through it. Sessions run 53 minutes, and depending on your child's age and situation, we may split that time between individual play sessions and family sessions where we work on what's happening at home together.