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Wellplay - Play Therapy is dedicated to helping build healthier and happier children, families and communities.

8102 Menaul Blvd. NE, Suite A,

Albuquerque, NM 87110

(505) 435-9696

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Wellplay is open for both in-person and remote video sessions. Multiple COVID safety precautions are in place. However, should the daily positive confirmed cases require that the state government's "Stay in Place" order be re-instated, then for the protection of our client's, families, staff and the community, Wellplay will return to remote video sessions only, until the stay in place order is lifted, or until the daily positive test rate goes below 5%.

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Meet Nicholas Sanfilipo, MA, LPCC

Thank you for your interest in and consideration of Play Therapy for your child. I have been working with children, ages infant through adolescents, for approximately seventeen years. I was fortunate to have worked for seven of those years with the Community Lighthouse, where I received extensive world-class training, supervision, and direct experience in Experiential Play Therapy.

With gratitude and a deep appreciation to those who have helped me in becoming the highly skilled play therapist that I am today, I humbly, and with great joy, would be honored to work with you and your child.

Should my child get Play Therapy?

Parents do their best, but sometimes feel overwhelmed, frustrated, or

even guilty, where despite all of their efforts, their child continues to

misbehave. The hardest part is that parents and kids want to return

to having a better relationship, but sometimes they just don't know how

to get there.

Children experiencing multiple changes in their lives, ongoing stress,

conflicts and or trauma, will often resort to acting-out at

home, school and in the community. If you notice your child's acting out

is done much more than that of their same age peers, and they're doing

things like:

Multiple daily tantrums

hitting, throwing things, or breaking things

frequent yelling, crying, or screaming

not following or ignoring directions

fighting with siblings, peers and adults...

then yes! Play Therapy can help!!

Why and how does Play Therapy work?

Children haven't yet developed the same ability or skill level as adults

have for abstraction, reasoning, or vocabulary, which makes play therapy

a natural fit for children. Play therapy offers a way for children to

naturally, from an emotionally, psychologically safe space, work (play) through

their stresses, worries, conflicts and traumatic experiences.

Benefits from Play Therapy

Included among the benefits for children from play therapy are improved,

overall mood and behavior

feelings of self-worth

Verbalization of needs and feelings

play skills/social skills, and

better problem solving skills.

Why Wellplay ?

Wellplay -Play Therapy provides,

An Expertly trained, accomplished, Play Therapist

Individualized treatment planning and services

Regular, ongoing parent support

Centralized office location

Make an Appointment

Wellplay accepts BlueCross/Blue Shield, Presbyterian, Lovelace and

Western Sky insurances.

Our hours of operation are:

Wed Thurs Fri Sat

9-5 9-5 9-5 9-5

Our Address is

8102 Menaul Boulevard NE, Suite A

Albuquerque, NM, 87110

Phone: (505) 435-9696

Wellplay - Play Therapy is in the Vanguard Building, first floor, right

next-door to Consumer Advantage/C.A.R.E.S Real-estate.

What you will need for the first appointment

Both parents or guardians agreeing to play therapy for their child

Parent(s) only for the first session, as the entire session will be taken up

by information gathering and an assessment.

Your child's insurance information, card etc.

If there has been a divorce or separation, a copy of legal

documentation as to court declarations of parenting rights, visitation, etc.

COVID SAFETEY PRECAUTIONS IN PLACE

for in-person sessions

Before entering the office, a quick COVID risk inventory is given the

patient and parent.

Before entering the office, a quick forehead temperature is taken from each person.

In each room, Waiting area and Play Therapy room, operating continuously are Austin, Medical Grade HEPA Air purifiers, which remove a wide range of airborne particles, including viruses, effectively removing 95% of airborne viruses that are 0.1 microns and larger.

For entry, each person in the office, Maximum of THREE, wears a mask.

Before entering and before leaving, each person applies hand sanitizer.

Sessions are scheduled with one hour between them. This allows enough time for the HEPA filters to scrub the air and for the staff to sanitize items before the next session.

Each parent is given COVID safety precautions guidelines, so each knows when to notify Wellplay to cancel or re-schedule appointments because of possible pre-session exposure.