Filial therapy can help children to express their feelings and fears through the natural activity of play.  Over time, children may:

• Understand their own feelings better
• Become able to express their feelings more appropriately
• Be more able to tell parents what they need, what is worrying them
• Become more confident and skilled in solving problems as well as asking for help when they need it
• Reduce their problem behaviours
• Feel more secure and trust their parents more
• Have a more healthy self esteem and increase their self-confidence.

Filial therapy can help parents to:

• Understand their child’s worries and other feelings more fully
• Learn new skills for encouraging co-operation from their children
• Enjoy playing with their children and giving them positive attention
• Increase their listening skills and develop open communication with their children
• Develop self confidence as parents
• Become more able to trust their children
• Deal in new ways with frustrations in family life