Karuna Kids
Child Counseling, Play Therapy & EMDR for Children in Northwest Ohio
“Play is the answer to how anything new comes about.”
-Jean Piaget
Children heal in relationship. Through play, creativity, movement, and connection, they learn to understand their emotions, regulate their nervous systems, build resilience, and discover the confidence to thrive.
Karuna House Kids is a specialized pediatric counseling center serving children and families throughout Northwest Ohio, with locations in Perrysburg and Sylvania. We provide compassionate, evidence-based mental health services for children as young as three years old, helping them heal, grow, and thrive through connection, creativity, and individualized therapeutic care.
At the heart of our work is Play Therapy, a developmentally appropriate and research-supported approach that allows children to express emotions, process experiences, build coping skills, and strengthen relationships through the language they know best, play. Through carefully guided therapeutic play, children can explore difficult feelings, increase self-awareness, develop emotional regulation skills, and work through challenges in a safe and supportive environment.
What We Help With
Every child's journey is unique. Whether they are navigating anxiety, big emotions, behavioral challenges, school-related concerns, trauma, grief, or life transitions, our therapists provide individualized support to help them build resilience, strengthen coping skills, and thrive. We help children work through:
Anxiety & Worry
Trauma & Difficult Experiences
Emotional Regulation
ADHD & Executive Functioning
Behavioral Challenges
School-Related Concerns
Grief & Loss
Family Stress & Life Transitions
Sensory Processing Differences
Social & Relationship Challenges
Our Therapeutic Approaches
Play Therapy
Helping children express emotions, process experiences, and build coping skills through the language they know best, play.
EMDR for Children
Supporting children in healing from trauma, anxiety, distressing experiences, and overwhelming emotions.
Expressive Arts Therapy
Using creativity, art, storytelling, and imagination to promote healing and self-expression.
CBT
Teaching practical skills for managing thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.
Family Therapy
Strengthening communication, connection, and support within the family system
Healing Happens Through Connection
For parents, we often offer a simple but powerful reminder: healing is not about avoiding rupture, it is about creating opportunities for repair. Every relationship experiences moments of disconnection. What matters most is helping children learn that relationships can be repaired, trust can be rebuilt, and connection can be restored.
And perhaps this is something you, as a parent, may need to hear too: you do not have to get it right all of the time, because none of us do. Children do not need perfect parents—they need parents who are willing to stay connected, remain curious, and return to the relationship when challenges arise. Some of the most meaningful moments of growth happen not because a rupture never occurred, but because a child experiences the safety, love, and reassurance of repair.
"We can both create and destroy, nurture and terrorize, traumatize and heal each other." -Dr. Bruce Perry
We believe that the very relationships that have the power to wound also hold the power to heal.
At Karuna House Kids, we invite families into the healing process because attachment wounds are not healed in isolation, they are healed in connection. Through play, creativity, understanding, and safe relationships, children and families can strengthen their bonds, develop new patterns of trust, and create lasting experiences of emotional safety and belonging.
Whether your child is struggling with anxiety, trauma, emotional regulation, behavioral concerns, sensory processing differences, executive functioning challenges, or major life transitions, our team is here to walk alongside your family with compassion, expertise, and hope.
Together, we help children feel seen, understood, connected, and empowered to thrive, not only in the therapy room, but in their everyday lives, relationships, and futures.
Why Families Choose Karuna House Kids
Specialized child therapy, Play Therapy, and EMDR designed around your child's unique needs.
We believe every child deserves to feel seen, understood, and supported. Through evidence-based therapies, individualized treatment, and a family-centered approach, we help children and families build the skills, confidence, and resilience needed to thrive.
❋ Specialized Child Therapists❋ Convenient NW Ohio Locations❋ Play Therapy & EMDR Expertise❋ Holistic Healing❋ Children & Adolescents Ages 3+❋ Holistic HealingReady to Support Your Child's Growth and Healing?
Whether your child is struggling with anxiety, trauma, emotional regulation, behavioral concerns, sensory differences, executive functioning challenges, or major life transitions, we're here to help.