This summer give your child lifelong resilience by registering them for Camp Theraplay. This week-long day camp will build your child’s social skills and expand their capacity for emotional regulation. Registration opens January 2024.
Building Lifelong Resilience
Group Theraplay curriculum throughout the week ensures your child will:
- Practice cooperation between peers
- Learn and practice self-control
- Enhance trust of others
Camp Leaders
All of our staff are either Certified Theraplay Practitioners or Theraplay-informed.
Get to know our Camp Leaders.
Kirsten Rieck, Camp Theraplay Director
Kirsten (she/her/hers) is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Certified Theraplay Practitioner. She earned her Master of Social Work with a mental health concentration from the University of Illinois at Chicago. While there, she also earned a certificate in Integrated Behavioral Health with children and adolescents.
Zaya Gillogly, Camp Theraplay Assistant Director
Zaya (she/her/hers) is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Certified Theraplay Practitioner, and Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI) Practitioner. She is a Theraplay Supervisor-in-Training, Theraplay Trainer-in-Trainer, and is working toward becoming a Registered Play Therapist.
Pricing
Included in the cost of the camp is breakfast, lunch, and snacks (allergy and dietary restriction information will be requested), a Camp Theraplay t-shirt, and a week of positive and fun memories. If you are looking to register two or more of your children, we offer a sibling discount. You pay $495 per child and save $25 per child. Email Kirsten for scholarship opportunities.
- $520
- $495 Sibling Rate
- $150 Aftercare Add-On
Aftercare
Camp ends at 3:00 pm daily but aftercare is available until 5:00 pm. During aftercare, campers play and watch movies. Aftercare can be purchased for the entire week or for individual days.
- $150/Week
- $50/Day
Camp Schedule
Each day includes Group Theraplay activities, opportunities for movement and creative expression, and calming breaks designed to help your child downregulate.
- 8:30 am Drop Off
- 3:00 pm Pickup
About Theraplay
Theraplay is a dyadic child and family therapy that has been recognized by the Association of Play Therapy as one of seven seminal psychotherapies for children. Developed over 50 years ago, and practiced around the world, Theraplay was developed for any professional working to support healthy child/caregiver attachment.
Location
Camp Theraplay will take place at The Theraplay Clinic in Lakeview Chicago, IL.
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Ways to Get Involved
Thank you to all our sponsors who made Camp Theraplay 2023 possible! There are various ways to get involved. Become a sponsor for Camp Theraplay 2024, help set up and break down camp, or become a part of camp staff and work directly with the campers. If you are interested in these opportunities email Kirsten Rieck at [email protected].
“[It was helpful] to receive tips to implement at home and knowing my child was being met where he was at each day. My child loved camp and I hope that we can continue [Theraplay] services.”
“[My child’s] challenges with being scared/nervous/anxious [were] addressed and handled really well and compassionately.”