Play Pembrokeshire

8. Play Therapy

9. What is play?

10. Play and risk

11. What does the law require

12. Why is a balanced approach needed?

13. What gets in the way of a balanced approach?

14. What does a balanced approach look like?

15. What you can do

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Play Therapy

Play therapy is a therapeutic intervention for children, using the language and process they understand, play.

The play therapy room is a safe, confidential and caring environment where the child’s healing can begin.

The play is child lead with as few limits as possible but as many as necessary. The therapist observers the child’s play and does not intervene, but reflects back on what they see allowing the child to process things which may arise in the session.

Play Therapy UK (opens in a new tab)

British Association of Play Therapists (opens in a new tab)

ID: 1244, revised 21/07/2023