As a play therapist Axline (1989) defines eight basic principles as crucial to the process the first being that the therapist needs to create a warm empathic relationship with the child and accept them unconditionally for who they are. The therapist needs to convey to the child that they have permission to express how they feel. The therapist does not try and interfere with child’s ability to solve problems they realize that the child is capable of doing same for themselves. The therapist allows the child to lead and does not attempt to rush therapy and therapist only imposes those limitations, such as length of sessions and behavior in sessions in order to help child feel the reality of the relationship in the room being parallel to that
