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Assignment on Play Therapy
Assignment on Play Therapy
INTRODUCTION
Play therapy is a form of counseling or psychotherapy. That uses play to
communicate with and help people, especially children, to prevent or resolve psychosocial
challenges.
Play is a child's natural medium to learn, communicate and explore their world.
Play Therapy allows children to explore feelings and make sense of and recover from
difficult life experiences in a safe and trusting environment
it is a primarily non-verbal approach.
Age range of mostly children's are 2 to 12 But it vary for example cognitive or
developmental delay may participate in play therapy at an older chronological age.
Time of session 30 to 50 minute but it vary
Mild issues may improve in 6 to 12 session, complex issues may require up to 40 to 80
sessions.
Goals of play therapy:
Self-Awareness
Ask question to child and help them aware of himself. who they are, what kinds of
things they like, what they are good at, and what makes them happy, sad, or mad.
Goal