play therapy

A form of psychotherapy used with children to help them express or act out their experiences, feelings, and problems by playing with dolls, toys, and other play material, under the guidance or observation of a therapist.

play therapist n.

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Noun

play therapy - form of psychotherapy for children that uses play situations for diagnosis or treatment

psychotherapy - the treatment of mental or emotional problems by psychological means

Translations

play ther·a·py

n. terapia infantil aplicada en un ambiente de juguetes y juegos infantiles por medio de los cuales se estimula a los niños a revelar conflictos interiores.

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References in periodicals archive

ITHOUGHT it might be interesting for readers to get an insight into the daily workings of ABC Counselling, Play Therapy & Family Solutions.

YOUR VIEW; Peter Lowe MBE, counselling director, ABC Counselling, Play Therapy and Family Solutions

Integrating Yoga and Play Therapy: The Mind-Body Approach for Healing Adverse Childhood Experiences

Play therapy is a way of helping children express their feelings and deal with their emotional problems by using play as the main communication tool.

School head to run the London Marathon in bid to save colleague's job

Synopsis: With an understanding of aggressive play based on brain function and neuroscience, "Aggression in Play Therapy: A Neurobiological Approach for Integrating Intensity" by teacher and clinical supervisor Lisa Dion, (who is also the creator of Synergetic Play Therapy), provides therapists with a framework to work authentically with aggressive play, while making it an integrative and therapeutic experience for the child.

Aggression in Play Therapy

[USPRwire, Mon Oct 01 2018] Play Therapy is a natural way to understand and find the child's disorders.

Play Therapy -- best tool to understand your child's behaviors

Vegvari joins as a child counselor specializing in play therapy and other experiential modalities and focuses her work with children ages three to twelve.

Bellevue Family Counseling Welcomes Csilla Vegvari, Child Counselor to Its Team

The play therapy program is the first of its kind in Qatar and uses puppets, props, and toys to help children understand their illness and express any fears they may have about treatment.

Al Wakra Introduces Play Therapy Program to Help Children Cope With Illness in Qatar

A team of 15 nurses from different sections of Al Wakra Hospital volunteer their time to make puppets, which are used in the play therapy programme.

Wakra Hospital's play therapy helps children understand illness

We are pleased to present four articles on topics ranging from an examination of the Native American Vision Quest ceremony as potential healing process for a dysfunctional autonomous complex to integrating play therapy and Heart-Centered Energetic Psychodrama in treating children.

Editor's Note

Play therapy allows pre-school children to explore their feelings, increase positive interactions with others, and develop appropriate social skills using their natural form of communication.

Attitude of mothers on play therapy for pre-school children in selected Anganwadi Centers of Doiwala, Dehradun

PSC chair William 'Butch' Ramirez said the play therapy for Marawi children was a component of the commission's Sports for Peace Program aimed at helping kids cope with the traumatic experiences they endured as war evacuees.

Displaced Marawi children get into sports