“Birds fly, fish swim and children play.” Garry Landreth
Children are born with a great love of play.
Playing is for children what talking is for adults.
Play therapy is already very natural for children. Since it turns a process into therapy, children can easily come to therapy and work on their problems.
Toys are the child's words, and play is what the child wants to say...
Game is a natural method that the child uses to express himself.
The child expresses the feelings, thoughts and desires he experiences in his inner world through play.
Because no matter what language children speak, their communication with the world takes place through play.
Emotional. From this perspective, this play language, with which children are naturally familiar, makes them feel safe while expressing what is going on in their inner world.
In play therapy, the child actually uses a symbolic language with the toys he uses and the games he creates.
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Over time, the trust relationship he has established with his therapist supports him in revealing the feelings and experiences he lives inside and covers up.
The child gets strength from this trust relationship and the reflection studies carried out by the therapist, and expresses his personal world through symbolic language in his games. It reflects its reality.
The process of change and transformation becomes more noticeable when the child begins to express his feelings in any way.
The child experiences the problems he experiences in the imaginary world of the game while playing and these problems he experiences in the game. While developing solution skills for problems, one actually develops life skills for the real world.
It is important to arrange the playroom in a way that represents the outside world. This is one of the most important reasons.
Everything in the outside world has small miniatures in the playroom. The child's relationship with these toys and his therapist is a representation of his relationship with the outside world and people.
WHAT DO CHILDREN LEARN IN PLAY THERAPY?
To respect themselves
To recognize their feelings. and that these are acceptable
To control oneself
To take own responsibilities
To be skillful and creative in facing problems
To manage oneself
They learn to accept themselves
They learn to make choices and take responsibility for the choices they make.
WHAT AGE GROUP IS PLAY THERAPY USED IN?
Play therapy is generally divided into two categories: -It is used in children aged 12 years.
WHAT PROBLEMS IS PLAY THERAPY USED FOR?
Traumas and Abuse (physical, emotional, sexual)
Self-Confidence Problems
Anxiety Disorders
Sleeping, eating and toilet problems
Enuresis (bedwetting) / Encopresis (difficulty holding poop)
Anxiety and Fears / Phobias and Tics
Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity - Impulsivity
Changes in Family Life (death, mourning, divorce, moving, etc.)
Sibling jealousy / Behavioral regression
School start and adaptation problems / Behavioral problems
Aggression / Anger or Bullying
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