THE POWER OF PLAY IN THERAPY

CLAUDIA DOMINIK, LCSW, RPT-S

THE POWER OF PLAY IN THERAPY

• WHY USE PLAY

• WHO CAN BENEFIT

• TYPES OF PLAY THERAPY

• GIVE ME SOME TECHNIQUES

IT IS THE ESSENTIAL NATURE OF MAN TO PLAY

PLATO

THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMMUNICATION

MECHANICAL

0-5 YEARS

VERBAL

6-12 YEARS

EMOTIONAL

13-18 YEARS

WHY USE PLAY THERAPY

• PLAY OVERCOMES RESISTANCE

• PLAY CAN AID IN COMMUNICATION

• PLAY BRINGS COMPETENCE

• PLAY BRINGS CREATIVE THINKING

• PLAY BRINGS OUT A CATHARTIC REACTION

• PLAY BRINGS ABREACTION

• ROLE PLAY

WHY USE PLAY THERAPY

• PLAY ENHANCES FANTASY/ VISUALIZATION

• PLAY SUPPLIES METAPHORIC TEACHING

• PLAY PROVIDES ATTACHMENT FORMATION

• PLAY BRINGS OUT POSITIVE EMOTIONS

• PLAY AIDS IN MASTERING DEVELOPMENTAL FEARS

• GAME PLAY IS A PRIMARY WAY FOR CHILDREN TO DEVELOP SOCIAL SKILLS ADAPTED FROM THE THERAPEUTIC POWER OF PLAY: C. E. SCHAEFER (1993)

WHO CAN BENEFIT

???

ANYBODY AND EVERYBODY

IN EVERY REAL MAN A CHILD IS HIDDEN THAT WANTS

TO PLAY

FRIEDRICH NIETZCHE

TYPES OF PLAY THERAPY

NON DIRECTED

CHILD CENTERED

ADLERIAN SAND TRAY

COMBINED

ECOSYSTEM

SAND TRAY EXPRESSIVE ARTS

DIRECTED

COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY

THERAPLAY

GIVE ME SOME TECHNIQUESPLEASE

FEELING EXPLORATION

• COLOR YOUR FEELINGS E. GIL, S. RIVIERE

• BASKETFUL OF FEELINGS C. E. SCHAEFER 1997

• FEELINGS TIC TAC TOE S. RIVIERE

• UNO

SELF REGULATION/MANAGEMENT

• FISHING FOR COPING SKILLS

• SIMON SAYS “DON’T DO IT” D. YEAGER & M. YEAGER (2008)

• READY SET RELAX G. S. ALLAN & R. J. KLEIN

• ROBOT AND RAGDOLL

• UNO

RELATIONSHIP

• MIRRORING THERAPLAY P. B. BOOTH, A. M. JERNBERG (2010)

• PEANUT BUTTER/JELLY THERAPLAY P. B. BOOTH, A. M. JERNBERG (2010)

• HAND CLAPPING THERAPLAY P. B. BOOTH, A. M. JERNBERG (2010)

• SPECIAL HANDSHAKE THERAPLAY P. B. BOOTH, A. M. JERNBERG (2010)

• UNO

SELF IDENTITY/SELF EXPLORATION/SELF ESTEEM

• BUILD A WORLD IN THE SAND L. E. HOMEYER & D. L. SWEENEY

• INDIVIDUAL GENOGRAM USING MINIATURES E. GIL

• PICK A MINIATURE E. GIL

• INSIDE OUTSIDE

• UNO

BIBLIOTHERAPY

• TODAY I FEEL SILLY J. L. CURTIS & L. CORNELL

• THE INVISIBLE STRING P. KARST & G. STEVENSON

• MOODY COW MEDITATES K. L. MACLEON

• ISH P. H. REYNOLDS

SENSORY NEEDS

• SLIME

• FIDGET

• SAND

• PUTTY

• MUSIC

• SPIRAL

• KOOSH BALLS

PLAY IS OFTEN TALKED ABOUT AS IF IT WERE A RELIEF FROM SERIOUS LEARNING.

BUT FOR CHILDREN PLAY IS SERIOUS

LEARNING. PLAY IS REALLY THE WORK OF CHILDHOOD.

FRED ROGERS

A CHILD’S GREATEST ACHIEVEMENTS ARE POSSIBLE IN PLAY, ACHIEVEMENTS THAT

TOMORROW WILL BECOME HER BASIC LEVEL OF REAL ACTION.

LEV VYGOTSKY

TO TRULY LAUGH, YOU MUST BE ABLE TO TAKE YOUR PAIN AND

PLAY WITH IT.

CHARLIE CHAPMAN