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What is Play Therapy?

Play therapy is a method of counseling with children using selected toys in a playroom setting.

Play therapy is a particular appropriate approach to counseling children because paly comes naturally to them. Through the manipulation of toys in the play room setting, they can show more adequately than through words how they feel and think about themselves and the significant persons and events in their lives. This is because most children under the age of 9 to 10 have not yet developed the abstract reasoning skills and verbal abilities to articulate about their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.