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Lantie Tom, LCAT
Licensed Creative Arts Therapist
DYNAMIC PLAY THERAPY
Serving children and teens throughout New York
"If we only deal with them through medication or a cognitive-behavioral approach, we miss who they really are. They remain on the surface of themselves, perhaps more functional in the world but having the essence of who they are suppressed."
- Dennis McCarthy
"If we try to annihilate the symptom, we will also annihilate this energy or bury it deeper, only for it to emerge as yet another symptom. Eliminating the symptom that contains some unacceptable but needed aspect of the child means eliminating some of the child's vitality as well. By using the symptom, it transforms into positive life energy available for growth."
- Dennis McCarthy
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