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About Me:
Lily Ferreira
MSW, LICSW, RPT
 

While our time together will be focused on you and your child, here's what most parents want to know:

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  • I graduated from the University of Utah with a Master of Social Work (MSW) degree in 2018.

  • I'm a licensed independent clinical social worker (LICSW) and have nearly a decade of clinical experience working with children, tweens, and teens.

  • I pursued 3 years of rigorous and specialized training in play therapy to learn how to work most effectively with children​.

  • I'm a Registered Play Therapist (RPT) through the Association for Play Therapy.

  • I'm trained in traditional talk and behavioral therapies like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), positive psychology, and Mind Body Bridging.

  • I'm married to my high school sweetheart. We have a busy toddler and two spunky cats. We are surrounded by adorable chaos!​

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Here's what most children want to know:

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  • ​My favorite color is purple and favorite flavor of ice cream is cookie dough. I'm a cat and dog person. I grew up with two older brothers and a sassy little dog named Harry. I can't wait to meet and learn about you! 

How Playing With Purpose Began
 

Once upon a time, I (Lily) worked as a clinical school social worker and then a play therapist in a group practice.

 

Early on, I noticed a consistent pattern:

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  • most children didn't know why they were having a hard time​​​.

  • most therapists didn't have specialized training in working with children and most therapy spaces weren't kid friendly.

  • children and parents realized that traditional talk therapy wasn't working.

  • parents had tried everything Google suggested, read a dozen parenting books, received unsolicited advice, and still weren't seeing results.​​​​​

 

With the dream of making therapy approachable, meaningful, and effective for children and their families, I started Playing With Purpose.

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