How to Do Play Therapy : Role Play With Explanation of Techniques 

I am doing this with my daughter atm. Amazing how much kids are trying to tell you but unable to express themselves through words so they express themselves through the action of play. Today they actually asked ME to play so I did and subconsciously I made a see-saw like thing trying to balance little toys on then it hit me... I am trying to find balance in my own life and i didn't even know. Only through play i was able to see that. It's really powerful people! YOUR KIDS ARE TRYING TO TELL YOU SOMETHING, YOU JUST NEED TO BE ABLE TO SEE IT.

I love how you break it down for those new to play therapy here. Great job! Love your channel :)

Gestalt Playtherapy - thank you so much - perfect example.

Great video! Could you inform us how you broke down his session? For example, was the entire 50 min play therapy? Or did you divide the time doing other techniques or assessments?

Thank you for sharing!

I'm a teacher. I've just had a very informative Play Therapy training session, which I thoroughly enjoyed. However, I remember being a child and yearned for boundaries from adults. If I were this child I would see how far I could push the boundaries but I needed an adult to say, 'This is the beginning; this is the end.'

Curious as to sitting in a chair (previous videos) and sitting on floor? Is there a reason for the change? I love your videos! Thank you for sharing your knowledge

I'm curious if there is any reverse effects of having therapy at such a young age, such as the child questioning themselves as being the problem for mom and dad not getting along. Typically child therapy is used a lot for child custody cases. A child at such a young age could potentially be putting blame on themselves because they do not truly understand what is going on around them.

Wow tnx for your video, im a Licensed Social Worker in an Orphanage, Queen of Peace Childrens Home, here in the Philippines😊

Please inform what are the presenting problems that you are working on with this child? I'm trying to get an idea of how you decide what type of play to utilize for different issues.

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Thats why kbt is the best.perfect example

What is the treatment goal for this client? I recognize that you are trying to build self esteem, but is there anything beyond this that you are trying to do? What do you look for when you engage in this sort of therapy? Do you ever have issues where reinforcing a child saying something is a thing that it is not (a spoon, for example) leads to confusion or frustration later?

May I ask you about the name of this playtherapist?

?Hi! I am wondering what is the purpose of telling the child what does he do

I don’t understand why you are narrating everything he does. Could you explain please?

Why is important to verbalize his actions? like you tell him "you decided that is a knife or whatever"?

What was the limit and what was the choice when he wanted to take the toy home? What if you gave him the limit of one toy but he decided that one meant three and he decided he didnt like your choice then what happens*

I still don't get this

As a child counsellor I'm all for empowering children to value themselves and have confidence in their own identity and it's wonderful to stimulate their imagination certain things are what they are not what we decide we want them to be. Also there was no consequence of tidying up toys played with which is not realistic as outside of therapy room in his home or nursery he would be expected to help clearing away. Not sure I fully get the point to this session.

When a child offers you something, always say thank you. 1:00

I dont get it. The child is asking a legit questions, What is this" tell him what it is. He wont fare well in life with the attitude of "it is what i want it to be" . Things are what they are in life. And when he puts the cup to his mouth and drinks why are you assuming hes tasting it? Maybe, he has a cold and cant taste anything. I dont get this.

So the point is to encourage his own self confidence in decision making? So if he calls a fork a knife that's perfectly ok because he's made that decision and that builds his self confidense? Break it down for me because im an idiot. And don't understand how calling a fork a knife is going to build a child up. It almost seems like that's part of the problem today. Junior can decide that robbing the corner store is perfectly ok because he decided it's ok when it's not ok or when junior is 16 and refers to all women as bitches and that's acceptable and nobody ever tells him that it's disrespectful to refer to your wife as a bitch so he sees nothing wrong with that. Maybe he's needs some correcting because juniors way of thinking is a little screwed up . if he walks into a interview and asks what is the rate of the roller coaster instead of what is the rate of pay he's probably not going to get the job because he seems a little Looney. Kids are learning and it seems to me that if a child asks what an object is then give the correct answer. Sure if there are some toys on the floor he might not get to hurt if he trips and falls so it was his choice he should have moved them himself .but let's say next to the toys on the floor is some broken glass and you know as an adult that is junior trips and falls on those toys. He's going to get cut from the broken glass what then? Do you just passively sit there and allow him the opportunity to make that decision on his own? Or what about when his decision is going to have a negative effect on somebody else? As long as it's his decision it's all good? This seems like nonsense to me but if you want to lable nonsense as productive then I guess that's your choice. Haha

Why does this child need therapy?

Whats the point of this