There may be a tendency for people to see play as something that children do just to have fun, and to dismiss it as little more than that. In some ways, it can be understandable why we’d think this way. We often don’t give much importance to play as it’s seen as something only children engage in. It’s easy to forget that play is important to a child’s development. In fact, even in adults, play still aids in learning and development.
It’s important to note that play is a form of communication and used for learning at all ages and stages of life. It isn’t just something fun to keep kids occupied. Even young animals like lion cubs engage in play to learn the skills they need to function properly when they mature. As adults, we can sometimes forget how important and effective play is in the learning process, even though it still aids in our ability to acquire new knowledge and skills.
Play Therapy taps into this process to affect healing and recovery for children suffering from PTSD or trauma. It’s a form of psychotherapy and counselling that uses play in a non-directed method to allow the Child to lead therapy sessions. This process reveals and reflect the child’s behaviour back in such a way that the child can confront their own behaviour, giving the therapist a powerful diagnostic tool to determine the cause for any issues.
Play therapy allows children and people who are experiencing emotional or behavioural issues to open up their emotions in the safe space of the ‘playroom’, where they are allowed to face their thoughts and emotions nonverbally. It is cited as one of the most effective treatments for children suffering from trauma or PTSD; with a number of articles and papers written about its efficacy.
- Play allows children to better manage their own actions and can decrease undesirable behaviour.
- Play allows children to develop creative problem-solving abilities.
- Play allows children to learn about empathy and respect for feelings of others by giving them space to get in touch with their own thoughts and feelings.
Hear it directly from a professional Play Therapist, JULIE BURTON.
- Accredited Play and Creative Arts Therapist
- Accredited Clinical Supervisor
- Senior Course Director with The Academy of Play and Child Psychotherapy (APAC)
- Overseas Training Coordinator (APAC)
- Associate Tutor at Leeds Beckett University
- Accredited Member of PTUK (Play Therapy UK)
College of Allied Educators offers a Postgraduate Certificate in Therapeutic Play Skills and leads to the Postgraduate Diploma in Play Therapy. Awarded by the Academy of Play and Child Psychotherapy, UK, (APAC), these programmes will allow students to further explore ways of integrating the child as the centre of a social system, which includes schools, families and a team of support. They will also introduce you to developmental practices, types of play therapy, legal frameworks, assessment, protection procedures and therapeutic interventions.
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The Certificate conferred is internationally recognised and will certify you as a Practitioner in Therapeutic Play Skills. - POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA IN PLAY THERAPY
Upon being conferred the internationally recognised Diploma, you will be able to help children in a professional capacity as a Certified Play Therapist.
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