Virtual Child & Youth Counselling may include play therapy, art therapy or talk-based therapy (exposure-response, cognitive-behavioural or mindfulness-based therapy).  Virtual sessions are not appropriate for all clients, but can be particularly effective for clients who will be more comfortable in their home space, face transportation barriers or prefer working with technology-based systems. 

For virtual play therapy sessions, we may use age-appropriate online games and videos through screen sharing or collaborative websites. These games are carefully screened  to ensure safety and therapeutic benefit. For other children, they may wish to use toys available in their home environment.

Requirements for virtual child & youth counselling include a good internet connection and a quiet space that will not have interruptions.  For virtual play therapy a computer rather than a tablet is preferrable (tablets do not allow access to all play therapy websites used).  An additional parent session may be required prior to starting virtual child & youth therapy, in order to determine environmental and technological requirements.