Same as adults, children experience stress, anxiety and depression too, however, the way they express their emotions could be different. Children usually don’t have the emotional maturity to understand what is happening with them and do not have the language to verbalize it, so they exhibit their emotion by showing behavioral problems.

Signs of emotion distress in children could be any change in behavior; they may show difficulty in socializing, be defiant, anger, bed wetting,
crying a lot, anxiety, fear, academically decline at school, sleep issues, eating disorder, etc.

In my work with children through Play-therapy I help them understand why they are feeling the emotions and help them name the emotions by teaching them emotion awareness, and how they feel the emotion on their body; and them we develop strategies in how to deal with the emotion, what to do when they feel the emotion so they can regulate themselves.

In therapy session with children we talk about self-esteem and building confidence, social skills, problem solving skills, and effective communication skills, healthy and unhealthy relationships. Through play children are able to express their emotions more freely.