La terapia de juego es una forma de consejería que utiliza el juego para ayudar a los niños a expresar sus sentimientos, generalmente en edades de 3 a 11 años. Facilita la integración social, el crecimiento emocional y la resolución de traumas, y se divide en terapia de juego no directiva y directiva, cada una con diferentes enfoques. La terapia no directiva permite a los niños encontrar soluciones por sí mismos, mientras que la terapia directiva ofrece más estructura y guía del terapeuta.

1. Play therapy

2. Definition
A form of counselling or psychotherapy in
which play is used as a means of helping
children express or communicate their
feelings.

3. Importance
Play therapy is generally employed with children
aged 3 through 11
It provides a way for them to express their
experiences and feelings through a natural, self-
guided, self-healing process.
 Children’s experiences and knowledge are often
communicated through play,
It becomes an important vehicle for them to know
and accept themselves and others.

4. Advantage
 Better social integration,
Growth and development,
Emotional modulation,
 Trauma resolution.
Play therapy can also be used as a tool of
diagnosis

5. TYPES
Play therapy can be divided into two
basic types:
Non-directive
Directive.

6. Non-directive play therapy
Non-directive play therapy is a non-intrusive method
in which children are encouraged to work toward
their own solutions to problems through play.
 It is typically classified as a psychodynamic therapy.

7. Directive play therapy
 Directive play therapy is a method that includes more
structure and guidance by the therapist as children work
through emotional and behavioral difficulties through play.
 It often contains a behavioral component and the process
includes more prompting by the therapist
 Directive play therapy is more likely to be classified as a type
of cognitive behavioral therapy.