Play Therapy Intervention
This paper will examine the history, concepts, principles, and values of play therapy. It will also cover what problems therapy is successful at addressing, and which client groups it is most effective with. The cultural competence of this invention will be assessed, and lastly, the strengths and limitations of play therapy will be discussed.
Overview of Play Therapy
The origin of play therapy can be traced back to Sigmund Freud and his daughter, Anna Freud, but it does not have a single founder, rather, numerous contributors who expanded and developed the intervention of play therapy further. Margaret Lowenfeld and Melanie Klein ascertained the comparison between children’s spontaneous play and free association used
This paper will examine the history, concepts, principles, and values of play therapy. It will also cover what problems therapy is successful at addressing, and which client groups it is most effective with. The cultural competence of this invention will be assessed, and lastly, the strengths and limitations of play therapy will be discussed.
Overview of Play Therapy
The origin of play therapy can be traced back to Sigmund Freud and his daughter, Anna Freud, but it does not have a single founder, rather, numerous contributors who expanded and developed the intervention of play therapy further. Margaret Lowenfeld and Melanie Klein ascertained the comparison between children’s spontaneous play and free association used