A form of counselling or psychotherapy in which play is used as a means of helping children express or communicate their feelings.
Example sentencesExamples
Since the 1950s, the disciplines of family therapy and play therapy have developed simultaneously but separately.
Three theoretical approaches were the most frequently ranked as panelists' first choice: Structural family therapy, child play therapy, and an integrative approach.
Practitioners increasingly recognize the usefulness of nonverbal communication methods, such as play therapy, in engaging and helping these young children.
Children are integrated into the treatment program through special activities, play therapy, and family therapy.
Family therapists can utilize techniques from both family therapy and play therapy as an effective way to include children as part of the therapeutic process.
Derivatives
play therapist
noun
The play therapist is a member of the team and notes behavior and attitudes that contribute to the team's understanding of the child.
Example sentencesExamples
I have spoken with many psychologists and play therapists who tell me that today's children have lost much of the imaginative capacity of earlier generations.
The play therapist notes that Jane is more relaxed.
She commented to the play therapist, ‘I felt like it all really happened.’
The parent's role is modeled after that of a child-centered play therapist.
Definition of play therapy in US English:
play therapy
noun
A form of counselling or psychotherapy in which play is used as a means of helping children express or communicate their feelings.
Example sentencesExamples
Children are integrated into the treatment program through special activities, play therapy, and family therapy.
Since the 1950s, the disciplines of family therapy and play therapy have developed simultaneously but separately.
Three theoretical approaches were the most frequently ranked as panelists' first choice: Structural family therapy, child play therapy, and an integrative approach.
Practitioners increasingly recognize the usefulness of nonverbal communication methods, such as play therapy, in engaging and helping these young children.
Family therapists can utilize techniques from both family therapy and play therapy as an effective way to include children as part of the therapeutic process.