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Play-based Therapy
Play therapy is client-centred and non-directive. Children don’t have developmental capacity to talk about experiences, so natural language is play and play therapy facilitates this in a safe room with the therapist.
The focus of this type of therapy is the relationship between child and therapist.
Play helps process experiences, learn boundaries and release emotions which in turn, develops emotional regulation and increases receptive and expressive skills vital for social relationships.
Play Therapy: Expressing Emotions Through Play
Play Therapy is "Based Upon the Fact That Play is the Child's Natural Medium of Self-expression. It is an Opportunity Which is given to the Child to "Play Out" Their Feelings and Problems Just as, in Certain Types of Adult Therapy, an Individual "Talks It Out".
Play therapy is client-centred and non-directive. Children don’t have developmental capacity to talk about experiences, so natural language is play and play therapy facilitates this in a safe room with the therapist.
The focus of this type of therapy is the relationship between child and therapist.
Play helps process experiences, learn boundaries and release emotions which in turn, develops emotional regulation and increases receptive and expressive skills vital for social relationships.
How Long does My Child Need to Be in Play Therapy?
Case by case basis
On average, 20-25 sessions but again, dependent.
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