Various types of Play Therapy can be used to help support your child and family. For children requiring support in a variety of areas, your therapist may practice in an integrative manner to best support your child’s needs, by drawing on more than one of following types of Play Therapy.
Humanistic Play Therapy
Humanistic Play Therapy is a one-on-one, child-centred and non-directive intervention facilitated by a trained Play Therapist. It recognises that all human beings have the capacity to move towards healing at their own pace, when provided with a warm, accepting, and safe environment.
Humanistic Play Therapy allows children to use play to fully express and explore their feelings, thoughts, experiences, and behaviours without fear of failure or judgement.
This type of therapy is a good fit for children with a variety of play skill levels and ages.
Learn to Play
Pretend play, or imaginary play, is a special type of meaningful play. Pretend play is a skill that is developed over time, and whilst some children develop this skill naturally, others need help to do so.
‘Learn to Play’ is a type of therapeutic play developed by Karen Stagnitti, and is a directive intervention (therapist-led) that helps to develop a child’s pretend play skills by promoting a child’s engagement, initiation and overall enjoyment in play.
By developing more complex pretend play skills, children are supported to develop a range of skills including; social skills, language and communication skills, flexibility and forward planning skills, problem solving abilities, and overall emotional literacy.
‘Learn to Play’ can support children from 18 months to 12 years of age. It is a neuro-diverse affirming modality that identifies and embraces each child’s unique way of communication, expression, enjoyment and preferences in play.
Filial Therapy
Filial therapy is a type of family play therapy that emphasises the parent/caregiver-child relationship to support child’s social, emotional and behavioural goals and the family’s overall wellbeing.
Under the guidance of the Play Therapist, parents/caregivers learn to conduct ‘special play times’ with their children, using therapeutic skills that are used in Humanistic Play Therapy.
These therapeutic skills can be incorporated into the parents/caregiver’s day-to-day life with their children, providing them with long term parenting tools.
Our Services at Playroom Therapy in Melbourne
Playroom Therapy offers a range of services, including Child Play Therapy, Family Therapy, Parent Support, and Consultancy. With our compassionate and experienced team, children are supported to grow, heal, and develop through the transformative power of play. At Playroom Therapy, we’re here to help children thrive every step of the way.
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