Play Therapy Principles

Game therapy brings unimaginable reality to a controlled situation, providing opportunities for children to cope, create meaning and re-sense

Throughout the game, children have the opportunity to control and increase their safety experience.

The game is healthy for the emotional development of the children and helps them understand and express the big emotions effectively.

Adults can develop autonomy by offering adequate freedom and inquiry rather than answering their own dilemmas so that children will have the opportunity to take responsibility for their choice I can do it.

My role as a game therapist is to provide opportunities to understand and accept your child's world and tackle life's challenges.

These principles are quoted directly from Virginia Axline (1969) Play Therapy. They are long-term necessities for undirected game therapy, but the term "therapist" in each statement is easily referred to as "parents" to help children grow to mental and emotional health "Or" Teacher "can be changed.

Leading ideology of educational game therapy is that it brings about a faster change than game therapy which is not instructed to use instructions to guide children through the game. The therapist plays a greater role in guiding the game therapy. The therapist can use several techniques for attracting children, such as playing with children and suggesting new themes, rather than having children guide the conversation. The story that leads the therapist to read is more likely to have a potential purpose and the therapist is more likely to create a description of the story transmitted by the child. In educational therapy, games are usually selected for children and children's subjects and are given the character's profile when engaging in dolls and doll activities. Although this treatment still allows children to express freely, it is more systematic than game therapy not instructed.

Conclusion Game therapy is based on the principle of development, so the game provides children with appropriate expression and communication methods suitable for development. Therefore, skills to use game therapy are essential tools for mental health experts working with children. The treatment game gives the children the opportunity to express themselves at their own pace and to ensure that they are understood and accepted