Integrating Play Therapy within a Therapeutic Camp Setting


       about going on the ziplines. That’s normal… I was worried too, and that’s our body’s way of keeping us safe. At camp, you can decide 


I 10 | PLAYTHERAPY | September 2023 | www.a4pt.org


| SARAH ROSEN GARRETT, LCSW-S, RPT-S, & LINDSEY CRELIA, LCSW, RPT


t is over 100 degrees in the Texas Hill Country when a camper greets co-therapist and assistance dog Mabel with   


          provides an innovative, therapeutic camp program for children, adolescents, and families who have experienced trauma. Informed by neuroscience and trauma-sensitive practices, camp curriculum incorporates experiential modalities including music, art, yoga, nature-based/adventure, and animal-assisted therapies, and sensory regulating activities.


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