
A Cutting-Edge, Integrative Approach to Pediatric Interventions: Transcending Traditional Therapy
Pediatric Therapy in Los Angeles and Beyond
We look at both the big picture and the small details to uncover the root cause of what’s holding your child back from success in their daily life.
Not sure if you’re in the right place? Here are some common reasons parents seek our services…
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Motor skills are delayed making it hard to keep up with peers on the playground or complete handwriting assignments
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Ongoing concerns with eating or speaking, including those related to tongue-tie, tongue thrust, or articulation challenges
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Sensory concerns related to dysregulation, meltdowns, or difficulty focusing
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Feeding issues, including, but not limited to, swallowing, picky eating, or difficult mealtimes
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Reached a plateau with other therapeutic treatments and there seems to be more going on

Life for your child CAN improve! Your experience as a parent CAN feel easier.
We help each family discover and address the cause of the issues limiting daily function rather than getting caught up on the downstream effects. No surface-level, ineffective therapy around here.
Really Need to Jump Start Your Child’s Progress?
Check out Intensive Therapy where we fast-track results with a burst of therapy.
The Marielly Method
With Dr. Marielly and her Los Angeles team, you get a partner dedicated to the success of your child and family. We look at your child as a whole, honoring their amazingness and seeing potential in areas that feel hard.
Dr. Marielly and her team started Theraplay LA as a pediatric OT practice dedicated to providing intentional and precise levels of care to those in Los Angeles and beyond. Her practice has since expanded to include a Speech Language Pathology department and continues to expand. She’s so excited to offer parents the ability to seek out all of the services their child needs in a single clinic.
Doctor Marielly’s constant search for answers led her to an intensive model of service that gets families the results they need in a shorter period of time using this intensive model, what would typically take a child a 12 month period can be achieved in just 3 weeks. This allows families to dig in and do the work, getting fast results so they can move forward and focus on the joy of watching their child learn and grow.
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Customized and Comprehensive Methods
Here at Theraplay, we know there's more than one way to approach therapy. That's why we strive to create a tailored, unique treatment plan specifically suited to your child's needs and strengths.
We combine the most clinically effective methods to get your child optimal results.
Parent Coaching & Education
You're with your child all the time. You know them best, so YOU are the key to your child’s success. We share ideas and resources so you feel confident about practical ways to support the daily needs of your child. With our coaching model, we’re able to serve families throughout California and beyond.
Address Underlying Issues
We get to the bottom of those behavioral and educational concerns and start addressing them. Once you begin working with us, you’ll breathe a sigh of relief knowing you’re finally on the right path.
Work on Skills
We help your child practice and learn skills through genuinely fun, specially designed activities and treatment methods. We pull from the most effective, research proven programs including Handwriting Without Tears, Sensory Integration Framework (SIPT certified), and Dynamic Movement Intervention (DMI).
It all starts with a free discovery call! After learning more about your child, we’ll match you with the therapist from our team best suited to treat your little one’s distinct needs.
Beyond Typical Therapy for Kids
Whether your child is dealing with challenges big or small, we have the training and years of experience to create advanced treatments for them. Doctor Marielly and her team pull from their vast knowledge in:
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Teletherapy
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Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy
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Occupational Therapy
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Speech Therapy
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Feeding and Swallowing Therapy
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Nutrition Consulting
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Sleep Coaching
Combining cutting-edge treatments to give your child the interdisciplinary help they need and deserve.
Celebrating Every Milestone: Our Families Speak

Get started with Doctor Marielly and her team today!
FAQs
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To enable Doctor Marielly and staff to dedicate as much time as possible to patient care, we operate a fee-for-service practice. When we opened our practice in 2012, we chose not to contract with any insurance providers, so that we can devote valuable time to our patients and minimize time spent on the administration of insurance claims and interaction with insurance companies.
Although we do not contract with any insurance providers, we can provide you with an insurance reimbursement claim form (also called a “superbill”) upon your request.
A diagnosis code will be required from your physician for this super bill as we are legally not allowed to diagnose. Once your invoice is paid and we receive a diagnosis code from your physician we can give you a complete super bill. You can then submit it to your insurance provider so that your provider and reimbursement can process your claim.
Please note that we do not accept the assignment of insurance reimbursement as payment for services rendered. We do not administer the processing of insurance claims. If insurance providers mail payment to Marielly Mitchell OTD, OTR/L, SIPT, SWC we will return these payments to insurance carriers. It is the patient’s responsibility to follow-up claim submissions with insurance providers.
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Unfortunately, due to rising gas prices, increased demand for our services, and logistical complications, we are no longer able to offer this service. That being said, our Los Angeles Team of OTs and SLPs are available to see families via telehealth upon request.
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Our goal is to make therapy as easily accessible as possible! As part of that mission, we’ve partnered with several Los Angeles based preschool and private schools to offer sessions at school during school hours! We're always creating and fostering new partnerships with local private schools to help support their students in any way we can! Interested in bringing TheraPlay LA to your school? Contact us today to learn more about our in-school therapy programs!
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Yes! We are happy to announce we’ve once again begun treating families in our 2,500 square foot Los Angeles sensory gym filled with unique equipment and fun activities. Our newly revamped space includes a brand new rock wall, monkey bars, a zip line, and a play loft! Not to mention more equipment for climbing, swinging, and playing.
You can find us at 1070 S. La Brea Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90019
Please be aware: for everyone’s health and safety, we’ll be regularly sanitizing our sensory gym. We also request that parents wait in our outdoor waiting area or in their cars for the duration of their child’s session.
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The number and frequency is entirely dependent on the needs of your child and what they're working on. That being said, we’ve observed a greater success rate when initially implementing an intensive model (up to 5 times per week) and tapering down the number of sessions as progress develops. We want to avoid spreading the therapeutic process over months and years.
Think of it like starting a new exercise program: you’ll see more results if you train several times per week rather than random workouts once a week.
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For families outside of Los Angeles, we’re excited to provide virtual or in-person coaching to parents. These sessions will guide you through exercises and how to support your child.
Just like our in-person therapy, we’ll answer your questions and provide resources to give you peace of mind and a path forward.