Play Therapy
Children naturally communicate and process their inner world through play.
When a child is experiencing social, emotional or behavioural difficulties, Child-Centred Play Therapy offers a developmentally sensitive way to learn, heal and grow through self-directed exploration within a safe relationship.
Child-Centred Play Therapy (CCPT) is a non-directive mental health intervention where the relationship between the child and therapist is the foundation for therapeutic change.
The therapist builds an unconditional relationship within a warm, safe and predictable environment. This special connection is healing for the child.
CCPT is based on a child’s natural way of self-expression: Play. Accordingly, the therapeutic materials are carefully selected to facilitate communication.
But the most important resource in the room is the therapist. Just like in other modalities, the child-clinician relationship is the highest predictor of positive treatment outcomes.
Further information
There are various types of play therapy, which are grounded on different theoretical models. CCPT is a humanistic intervention and the most non-directive of all modalities.
As an evidence-based approach, CCPT has been proved to be one of the most effective for ages 3 to 11. Access the latest play therapy research at evidencebasedchildtherapy.com