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What is Play Therapy?

Children's play is not just a sport. It is full of meaning. F. FROEBEL

Play Therapy is a natural way for a child to express himself. Physiological and psychological development of your baby starts from the mother's womb. After your baby is born, developmental periods begin until puberty. One period closes, another period opens. If a developmental period is not healthy, if there are hang-ups in that period, traces of it are visible in the next period, and this process progresses exponentially, affecting his marriage, work, sexuality ... life even when he is an adult. .Adults express their feelings and thoughts by speaking, while children express them by playing. The game is indispensable spontaneous fun. The child is not taught which game to set up and how to develop. Children convey their feelings and experiences of tension, anger, jealousy, anger, fear, aggression to us through play. With this transfer, those feelings are exposed, confronted, learn how to deal with them, relax, and continue their life from where they left off. It gives meaning to the inner world of the child. It turns the concrete world into abstract.

TYPES OF PLAY THERAPY

Child-Centered Play Therapy

Idiomatic Play Therapy

Filial Play Therapy

TO WHAT AGE RANGE IS PLAY THERAPY APPLIED?

It is applied between the ages of 2 and 11 years. The age range varies according to your child's developmental status.

WHEN SHOULD I APPLY TO PLAY THERAPY?

Loss of parents, bereavement, depression, obsessions, anxiety disorders, anger problems, aggression, trauma, abuse and abuse, sibling jealousy, nail biting, bed-wetting and not pooping or missing, sleep and eating problems, loss of self-confidence...

Even if your child does not have a problem or problem, play therapy is beneficial for the child to discover and understand himself.

HOW LONG IS PLAY THERAPY APPLIED?

The number of therapies to be administered to children cannot be determined in advance. The number of sessions varies according to what the child is affected by, the degree of influence, and age. The most important issue is that the child's problems should get support as soon as possible.

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