02/10/2026
💡 When a child's "big behaviour" is really a nervous system asking for safety
In the playroom, a child who has experienced complex trauma might suddenly throw toys, freeze, or refuse to engage. It's easy to see this as "misbehaviour". Often, though, it's a nervous system shaped by chronic, relational stress, where the world has not felt safe or predictable.
These children often find it hard to calm their bodies and emotions on their own. Before they can self-regulate, they first need to experience co-regulation: borrowing calm from a safe, attuned adult.
Child-Centered Play Therapy (CCPT) offers this through the therapeutic relationship:
🌱 A calm, consistent presence. The therapist's steady presence offers a felt sense of safety.
🌱 Reflecting feelings. Naming what the child feels helps them make sense of big emotions.
🌱 Predictable, empathic limits. Consistent limit-setting shows the relationship is safe and reliable.
Over time, what a child experiences with the therapist can gradually become something they can do for themselves.
💡 當孩子的「失控行為」，其實是神經系統在尋求安全
在遊戲室裡，經歷複雜性創傷的兒童可能會突然擲玩具、僵住或拒絕參與。這些看似「行為問題」的表現，往往源於長期處於不安全、不可預測的關係環境中的神經系統。
這些孩子難以自行平復身體與情緒。在學會自我調節之前，他們需要先經歷共同調節：從一位安全、同頻的成人身上「借用」平靜。兒童為本遊戲治療（CCPT）正是透過治療關係提供這份經驗：
🌱 穩定平和的臨在
🌱 反映感受
🌱 以及一致而具同理心的設限
📚 Want to explore this further? Join Dr. Dee Ray for The Complexity of Trauma: The Child-Centered Play Therapy Approach on 26 Oct (Mon), 7–10 pm at HKPCCA North Point.
想深入了解？歡迎參加 Dr. Dee Ray 10月26日工作坊。
🎓 3 Contact CE hours｜💰 Early bird HKD $1,950 (by 16 Oct)
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