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Scenario

When children process trauma through play instead of words

My 8-year-old has been having nightmares since the divorce and refuses to talk about feelings but will only communicate through elaborate puppet shows with her stuffed animals.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The child is using symbolic play as a safer pathway to express what verbal language cannot yet hold.

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