Feb 06 2025 37 mins
What does it mean to be a play therapist and what skills are needed to provide play therapy?
Understanding fundamental principles for play therapy ensures child and adolescent therapists recognize the difference between using games in therapy versus play therapy.
There are specialized skills child and adolescent therapists need to develop to ethically and effectively provide play therapy.
Play therapists learn the important functions of play needed in counseling to be competent in play therapy.
In a recent study, experienced play therapists were asked what are the basic skills needed to provide play therapy.
Information was gathered and analyzed to identify core competencies needed to provide play therapy rather than simply using an adult model with children.
Three categories of core competencies were identified that set play therapists apart from other treatment approaches.
Want to know what they are?
Join me on this week's podcast episode, I’ll discuss the core competencies identified in this study that form the foundation of play therapy skill development.
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