Play therapy

believe that play is a fundamental part of every individual; especially to children. With play, children are able to explore and learn about the world, they are able to express what they are feeling at the time, and they are able to develop numerous skills- such as, mental, social, and physical skills. I believe that with play, we are able to understand children in an improved manner, if we are able to interpret their play in the correct way. With play therapy, major growth and development can be developed in a child, along with being able to reduce any challenging behaviors…

Clark, C.D (2013). Play Therapy. Rutgers University, USA. Encyclopedia on Early Childhood Development. Play therapy attracts therapeutic control of play, which they are using professional therapist’s substances and care to help children with problems through play activity. Play therapy may be of importance further than the clinical setting, and conducted within parents and in preschools. Play therapy can formalize a context for children’s self-guided play, it focuses on the importance of play…

A report from the Surgeon General’s Conference on Children’s Mental Health described the mental health needs of children and their families as a “health crisis” in the United States, and if left unaddressed, then mental health concerns may lead to long-term negative outcomes for children (Swank & Shin 2015). Children are the future of this country, and the world for that matter and if they are not taken care of in the best way possible what does that say for the future? Child centered play…

Introduction Play is the fundamental tools to promote children’s emotional, social and cognitive growth because children can fully express concrete and symbolic experience through play (Piaget, 1962). Due to the limitation of language ability, children cannot have fully express the complex though and their inner feeling by using world only (Piaget, 1951). Thus, similar to adult that talking is the common strategy for expression or exploration, play is the child’s natural mean to help them to…

Play therapy gives children the opportunity to explore, and establish play that is interesting and exciting to them. Play therapy helps to build the communication and learning process in children. Play therapy is used strategically to help children face their problems. This therapy is different from the usual play, the therapists use play to help a child address and find a solution to their problems. The theories that guide this studies research on play therapy, are Piaget’s theory of cognitive…

Many of us are able to agree that the act of playing is one of the easiest ways in which a child, or adolescent communicates. Too often children who emit unwanted behaviors become labeled as the “bad” or “problem” child. Play therapy may provide solutions to dissolve those unwanted behaviors. The book “Play Therapy” by Virgina M. Axline gives us the tools to learn and develop into effective play therapists. Like Axline states in “Play Therapy” play therapy “is an opportunity which is given to…

Phases of Adlerian Play Therapy In Adlerian Play Therapy (AdPT), there are a total of four phases or procedures in the play therapy session. The four phases of AdPT are establishing relationship, investigate the lifestyle of the child, gain insight and administer reorientation and reeducation (Kottman, 2001). In the Adlerian Play Therapy, the therapists will include parent consultation because they believed that parent contributes greatly to the development of the child. They served as place…

Play therapy, as defined by the Association for Play Therapy, is "the systematic use of a theoretical model to establish an interpersonal process wherein trained play therapists use the therapeutic powers of play to help clients prevent or resolve psychosocial difficulties and achieve optimal growth and development" (2016). Since the early 1900s when play therapy techniques were developed, the method has become an increasingly popular way of engaging children in psychoanalytical practice by…

Play Therapy Intervention This paper will examine the history, concepts, principles, and values of play therapy. It will also cover what problems therapy is successful at addressing, and which client groups it is most effective with. The cultural competence of this invention will be assessed, and lastly, the strengths and limitations of play therapy will be discussed. Overview of Play Therapy The origin of play therapy can be traced back to Sigmund Freud and his daughter, Anna Freud, but it…

Career as Play Therapist Play therapy is defined as “the systematic use of a theoretical model to establish an interpersonal process wherein trained play therapists use the therapeutic powers of play to help clients prevent or resolve psychosocial difficulties and achieve optimal growth and development” (Henderson & Thompson, 2011). The career as a play therapist is an expanding career that emphasizes children and their families. Having coursework in child studies is essential in preparing to…