Trauma-Informed Play Therapy in Hopkins, Minnesota
Where children can express, explore, and feel understood through play
is this you?You’re worried about your child and unsure how to support their big emotions.
Play Therapy can help if…
→ Everyday routines like mornings, transitions, or bedtime feel emotionally exhausting
→ Your child has big reactions, meltdowns, or shutdowns when emotions build
→ Your child struggles to express feelings with words and emotions show up as behavior
→ Your child becomes easily overwhelmed by sensory input such as noise, activity, or change
→ You notice anxiety, emotional sensitivity, or withdrawal in your child
→ You want support that feels gentle, developmentally appropriate, and affirming, especially for a neurodivergent child
Play can help your ChildWith support, children often begin to…
𑁍 Express emotions more safely
Feelings that once showed up as behavior find healthier outlets.
𑁍 Build regulation and coping skills
Children learn to calm their bodies and recover more easily from overwhelm.
𑁍 Reduce meltdowns and shutdowns
Emotional reactions often become less intense and more manageable.
𑁍 Feel more secure and connected
A consistent, attuned relationship supports trust and attachment.
𑁍 Navigate routines and transitions with greater ease
Everyday moments like mornings and bedtime become less emotionally charged.
𑁍 Grow confidence and autonomy
Child-led play supports choice, self-trust, and a stronger sense of self.
𑁍 Feel supported in their unique nervous system needs
Play sessions honor sensory differences, pacing, and neurodivergent ways of experiencing the world.
In Play Sessions in Hopkins, Minnesota we will: ✿
Create safety through play and connection
Your child is offered a warm, predictable space where they can lead through play and feel understood without pressure or judgment.
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Support emotional expression and regulation
Through play-based interactions, your child learns to explore emotions, build coping skills, and practice regulation in a way that feels natural and supportive.
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Strengthen connection and confidence
We work to support your child’s sense of safety, autonomy, and confidence—helping them carry new skills into everyday life and relationships.
This is how you get started with play sessions in Hopkins, MN:
Connect to share your concerns, ask questions, and explore whether play sessions is the right fit for your child.
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After paperwork is completed, initial sessions begin. Depending on your child’s age, the first intake session may be with parents or caregivers only.
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Play sessions support emotional expression, regulation, and confidence, with parent support integrated to promote growth at home and school.
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Parenting Support
If daily routines feel chaotic, power struggles are constant, or you’re unsure how to support your child’s big emotions, you’re not alone. Family therapy and parenting support help bring clarity, regulation, and connection back into family life, helping parents feel more confident and supported while creating more calm, understanding, and steadiness in everyday family interactions.
Transforming Touch® (TEB)
If you feel constantly on edge, disconnected, emotionally overwhelmed, or like your body has a hard time slowing down, you’re not alone. Transforming Touch® is a gentle, body-based approach that supports nervous system regulation, safety, and healing through therapeutic touch, co-regulation, and connection.
Somatic Therapy
When stress or trauma feels stored in the body and talking alone hasn’t brought relief, somatic therapy can help. Transforming Touch® (TEB) is a gentle, body based approach that supports nervous system regulation through safety, attunement, and connection. This allows healing to unfold without force and at a pace that feels supportive, steady, and respectful of the body’s natural process of integration and regulation.
Play Therapy
If your child is having frequent meltdowns, anxiety, or emotional shutdowns, play therapy can help. Through play, children explore emotions, build coping skills, and strengthen their sense of safety and autonomy in a way that feels natural and supportive. Play therapy also allows children to express experiences that may be difficult to put into words while developing confidence, emotional understanding, and regulation skills.
Attachment Trauma
If relationships feel difficult, emotions feel overwhelming, or you find yourself people pleasing, shutting down, fearing abandonment, or struggling to feel safe with others, attachment trauma therapy can help you heal these patterns and build more secure, connected relationships.
Anxiety Therapy
If your mind feels like it never slows down, you struggle with overthinking, overwhelm, or constant worry, you’re not alone. Anxiety therapy helps support nervous system regulation, emotional balance, and coping skills while creating greater understanding, steadiness, and ease in daily life.
Have questions about play sessions in Hopkins, Minnesota?
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It is a developmentally appropriate form of therapy that helps children express emotions, experiences, and needs through play rather than words alone. Play is a child’s natural language, and therapy uses this medium to support emotional regulation, coping skills, and connection.
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In sessions, children are offered a safe, supportive space with toys, games, and creative materials. Through play, they explore emotions, practice problem-solving, and work through challenges at a pace that feels comfortable. The therapist follows the child’s lead while providing gentle guidance and structure.
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It can be helpful for children experiencing anxiety, big emotions, behavioral challenges, transitions, trauma, or difficulties with relationships. It is also supportive for neurodivergent children who may communicate and process experiences differently. Typically done with ages 3-12, but it depends on developmental age of each client.
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Free Flow Healing is a private-pay practice.
My fees for play sessions are:
50-minute session: $185
Extended sessions available as clinically appropriate.
I am a out of network mental health provider.
Superbills are available upon request. A Good Faith Estimate will be provided as required under the No Surprises Act.
*I do accept HSA/FSA/HRA cards for payment as well.
Why you should consider working with an “out of network” therapist:
No limitations on sessions. We can meet for as long as you need without having to worry if insurance will cut us off, or end coverage, which could abruptly end your care.
Allows me to offer you more flexible, personalized, and intentional care.
Helps me keep your information completely confidential, without needing to share diagnosis or notes with insurance companies.
Allows us to avoid surprise billing issues, which can lead to lapses in treatment.
Lets us focus on what’s best for you, not what insurance says is best for you!
Find more answers about play sessions here, or fill out a contact form. I would be happy to answer all your questions.
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