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Helping Your Child Thrive Through Play
At Native, we help children to express emotions, build resilience, and develop essential coping skills
What Is Play Therapy?
Why Play? Because Play Is How Children Communicate.
Children often struggle to put their emotions into words—but through play, they can show us what they feel and think. Play therapy is a research-backed approach that allows children to process their emotions, navigate challenges, and develop confidence in a way that feels natural to them.
Whether it’s anxiety, trauma, behavioral concerns, or difficulty connecting with others, play therapy offers a safe space for healing and growth.
Help Your Child Heal Through Play
If your child is struggling with anxiety, behavioral challenges, trauma, or social difficulties, play therapy offers a safe and nurturing space for them to explore their feelings. Through play, children can process emotions, develop problem-solving skills, and build resilience in a way that feels natural to them. Our skilled therapists create sessions tailored to your child’s unique needs, helping them grow emotionally and feel more confident in everyday life.
Better emotional expression
Play therapy helps children communicate feelings they may not have the words to express, offering a safe outlet for their emotions.
Stronger social skills
Children build confidence in interacting with others, learning how to share, take turns, and manage relationships.
Ways to handle stress and challenges
Play therapy introduces coping tools children can use to navigate anxiety, frustration, or change in their daily lives.
Healing from past struggles or trauma
Through guided play, children process difficult experiences, gaining the emotional support they need to move forward.
The People & Philosophy
About Native
Native Integrative Mental Health Care was founded in 2021 in Latrobe, Pennsylvania by Nicole O’Barto Trainer. At Native, we believe that mental health is innate and that mental health care should be integrative. Our mission is to provide integrative mental health care to the communities where we live. We believe that each of us has the inborn potential to heal, grow, and thrive. We believe that we are part of a movement that reduces the stigma associated with mental illness and therapy and supports individuals in developing the skills to maintain emotional wellbeing.
