Loyola University New Orleans Play Therapy Center

Loyola University New Orleans Play Therapy Center LeAnne Steen Ph.D., Founding Director
3rd Nationally Certified Play Therapy Center of the Associatio

"Whenever children say,” Let’s play pretend,” a new landscape of possibilities for learning is revealed. When children p...
08/31/2026

"Whenever children say,” Let’s play pretend,” a new landscape of possibilities for learning is revealed. When children pretend, they try on new feelings, roles, and ideas, and they stretch their minds along with their imaginations.”

— Unknown

Keeping it classy this Wednesday! "Play, while it cannot change the external realities of children’s lives, can be a veh...
08/26/2026

Keeping it classy this Wednesday!

"Play, while it cannot change the external realities of children’s lives, can be a vehicle for children to explore and enjoy their differences and similarities to create, even for a brief time, a more just world where everyone is an equal and valued participant."
~Patricia G. Ramsey

Happy rainy Monday, everyone"The debt we owe to the play of the imagination is incalculable."~Carl Jung
08/24/2026

Happy rainy Monday, everyone

"The debt we owe to the play of the imagination is incalculable."
~Carl Jung

The importance of Play Therapy!"As a child, I was not allowed to express my feelings, so 1 had to go back through therap...
08/21/2026

The importance of Play Therapy!

"As a child, I was not allowed to express my feelings, so 1 had to go back through therapy and express the child's pain"
John Bradshaw

"Play is the work of the child"Maria Montessori
08/19/2026

"Play is the work of the child"

Maria Montessori

"Enter into children's play, and you will find the place where their minds, hearts, and souls meet."Virginia Axline ...
08/17/2026

"Enter into children's play, and you will find the place where their minds, hearts, and souls meet."

Virginia Axline

Everybody starts somewhere! "Every artist was first an amateur."- Ralph Waldo Emerson
08/14/2026

Everybody starts somewhere!

"Every artist was first an amateur."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Every child is an artist, the problem is staying an artist when you grow up". -Pablo Picasso
08/12/2026

"Every child is an artist, the problem is staying an artist when you grow up".
-Pablo Picasso

"Everyone falls down, getting back up is learning to walk". - Walt Disney
08/10/2026

"Everyone falls down, getting back up is learning to walk".

- Walt Disney

"What one loves in childhood stays in the heart forever". - Mary Jo Putney
08/07/2026

"What one loves in childhood stays in the heart forever".

- Mary Jo Putney

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6363 St Charles Avenue
New Orleans, LA
70118

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