In October 2023 The Joy Labs helped refresh a play therapy room at Hiawatha Valley Mental Health Center. Thanks to The Storm Trail Race Series for supporting healing and positive youth development by making this project possible. This room is a space where Hiawatha Valley Mental Health Center providers facilitate learning through play to help children and their caregivers strengthen their relationships and practice healthy coping skills together. It was an honor to infuse color, nature and even more love into this space.

CPP – Child Parent Psychotherapy is an evidence-based practice that works with children 0-5 and their parents/caregivers who have experienced trauma. The goal of CPP is to support and strengthen the relationship between a child and his/her caregiver as a vehicle for restoring the child’s cognitive, behavioral and social functioning. 

PCIT – Parent Child Interactive Therapy is an evidence-based practice that works with children 0-5 and their parents/caregivers who have emotional and behavioral disorders. The goal of PCIT is to improve the quality of the parent/caregiver-child relationship and change the parent/caregiver-child interaction patterns.