When I first
started as a play therapist I used a treasure box at the end of the session.
Not exact matches
Here are some wonderful ways
therapists and others can step back and
start to see
play outdoors
as therapeutic in design:
Satir coined naming the roles members
played (the soother, the agitator, the distractor...), fostered self - esteem and actualization in couples (and in families), and saw the
therapist more
as a nurturing teacher who could help the couple continue what therapy
started on their own.
Self - Control Games For example, the
therapist and client might
play «Simon Says», where the client has to do what the
therapist says (such
as jumping on one foot), but only if the
therapist started their sentence with «Simon says...».
Your brain then
starts deciding what to do about this threat (or challenge)
as my fellow
play therapist Lisa Dion explains in this very wonderful podcast episode about the amygdala.