Session 3: Play Therapy

Session 3:

Play Therapy

Presented by: Laura Blake, M. A., LPC, NCC, ALPS

Friday, October 28, 2015, at 10:30 a.m.

Danny Pettry’s 

Mental Health Workshop for Recreational Therapists 

at River Park Hospital, in Huntington, WV

A Review by Danny Pettry

My good friend, Laura Blake

Goals of this session included:

·         Identify three components of play therapy

·         Identify the requirements for becoming a Registered Play Therapist

·         Identify at least one way Recreation Therapists and Play Therapists can work together on a comprehensive treatment team under the supervision and recommendations of an attending physician.

• ·         Play therapy is a process for self-discovery utilizing toys or props during time of emotional instability.
• ·        The process of allowing clients to be in control and increase the likelihood they can tap into their own resources to resolve the instability.
• The process of taking pressure off of the client to “talk” about the issues. By using toys or props they can say the same thing in a more non-threatening manner.

She discussed the differences between non-directive play, directive play and combination play.

Information on becoming a play therapist is here: www.a4pt.org