What is Play Therapy?
Play Therapy is a method of helping children with behavioural and emotional difficulties to help themselves by gaining mastery over their difficulties and traumatic experiences.
Brain Development
Play Therapy gives children the opportunity to ‘play out‘ their feelings and problems with a therapeutic objective. The symbolic and fantasy play with its use of metaphors will provide new experiences that develop the brain and mind by aiding the formation of top down networks
The Therapeutic Relationship
The Play Therapist uses a wide range of play and creative arts techniques to develop a therapeutic relationship with the child they are working with.
Who is Play Therapy For?
Do you know a child who?
- Is not realising its full potential - academically, or socially?
- Has nightmares or has disturbed sleep?
- Is at risk of being/is excluded from school?
- Has suffered trauma?
- Has suffered emotional, physical or sexual abuse?
- Is adopted or fostered or in the process of being?
- Suffers because of separated/divorced parents?
- Suffers from anxiety, stress or phobias?
- Has suffered a loss or bereavement of any kind?
- Is withdrawn or continually unhappy?
- Is ill, disabled, or autistic?
- Finds it difficult to make friends?
- Quarrels frequently with peers or siblings?
- Bullies others or is bullied themselves?
- Displays inappropriate behaviour?
- Doesn’t play?
Then Play and Creative Arts Therapy can help.
(PTUK 2017)
