Play therapy is a
therapeutic technique most often used when working with
children. While a child may not be developmentally able
to articulate their feelings, a therapist can help them
express what’s going on through engaging them in play.
The sessions take place in a room that is specially
furnished with toys, games, and equipment a child can
use as tools for the dramatic scenes they direct while
working with the therapist. Through play therapy a child
can create a world they can master, practice social
skills, overcome frightening feelings and/or
experiences, and symbolically triumph over traumas or
upsets that have threatened their well-being. The
therapist meets regularly with the child’s parents to
share their observations, learn more about what is
happening in the child’s life from the parents’
perspective, and to offer suggestions for how the
parents can support their child’s therapy.
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