The Benefits of Play Therapy....

 

     Research support the eefectiveness of play therapy with children experincing a wide variety of social, emotional, and learning problems including children whose problems related o life stressors such as divorce, death and relocation, hospitatilizations, chronic illenesses, assimilative stressful experinces, physical and sexual abuse, domestic violence and natural disasters (Reddy, Files-Hall & Schaefer, 2005). Play therapy help dhildren:

 

• Become more responsable for their behaviors and develop successful stratgies

• Develop creative solutions to solve problems.

• Develop resect and acceptance of self and others.

• Learn to experince and express emotions in a healthier way.

• Cultivate empathy and respect for thoughts and feelings of others.

• Learn new social skills and relational skills with family.

• Develop self-efficacy-thus, a beter assureness of thier abilities.

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