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What is Play Therapist

Chapter 49
Encyclopedia of E-Leadership, Counseling and Training
The play therapist is a professional trained from the mental health fields, such as psychology and social work. Play therapists may also practice in the school or hospital settings as school counselors or child life specialists. The play therapist must be knowledgeable on how play or how the lack of play can impact a child’s development.
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Play and Play Therapy
Debra Leigh Walls Rosenstein (Mercer University, USA)
Copyright: © 2012 |Pages: 13
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61350-068-2.ch049
Abstract
Play is the most powerful, the purest, and the most effective form of communication language and self-expression available (walls, 1982). The concept of therapy through play was derived from Melanie Klein (1921) and Anna Freud (1952). Unfortunately, play is a rapidly declining art due in large part to our ever-changing, fast paced and technologically driven society where recesses are being cut and children often turn to video games instead of the outdoors. With this in mind, incorporating play into the daily academic life of children is critical and vital for their total well being – physically, socially and intellectually. The focus of this chapter is to explain the importance of play, provide a review of the literature, and discuss the theoretical framework, techniques and current trends. Special attention will be focused on how educators can utilize play therapy to enhance self-esteem, social, interpersonal and problem solving skills and reduce the everyday stress that surrounds our children today.
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Working With Parents in Child-Centered Play Therapy: Applying the Discrimination Model to Caregiver Support
Person who is training in play therapy and practices working with children and their families. This person understands that children communicate through play and use toys to express themselves.
Published in Chapter: Working With Parents in Child-Centered Play Therapy: Applying the Discrimination Model to Caregiver Support; From: Techniques and Interventions for Play Therapy and Clinical Supervision
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Valuing Your Play Therapy Practice: Using What You Know to Brand and Grow
A mental health professional, or professional-in-training, who understands the developmental basis for play therapy, the utility of play therapy for addressing a variety of concerns, and accesses the therapeutic powers of play while working within their chosen theoretical framework for providing play therapy.
Published in Chapter: Valuing Your Play Therapy Practice: Using What You Know to Brand and Grow; From: Developing and Sustaining Play Therapy Clinics
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