Play therapy is generally employed with children aged 3 through 11 and provides a way for them to express their experiences and feelings through a natural, self-guided, self-healing process. As children’s experiences and knowledge are often communicated through play, it becomes an important vehicle for them to know and accept themselves and othe...
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(from the article `child psychiatry`) Many therapeutic techniques used with adults are also used with children, in addition to more-specialized methods such as play therapy. In the ...
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A treatment technique utilizing play as a medium for expression and communication between patient and therapist. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
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a technique used in child psychotherapy in which play is used to reveal unconscious material. Play is the natural way in which children express and work through unconscious conflicts; thus play therapy is analogous to the technique of free association used in psychoanalysis of adults.
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Type: Term Definitions: 1. a type of therapy used with children in which they can express or reveal their problems and fantasies by playing with dolls or other toys, drawing, etc.
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n] - form of psychotherapy for children that uses play situations for diagnosis or treatment
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Therapy in which play is used to help individuals to address and resolve their own problems
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noun form of psychotherapy for children that uses play situations for diagnosis or treatment
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