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Definitions of Filial Play and Filial Therapy

Filial play and filial therapy are relatively recent applications that use play to help infants under the age of 3 as well as children up to the age of 14, in their mental and emotional development which for some reason, such as attachment issues, may be impaired. It is also designed to improve parent/child relationships.

Filial therapy also directly involves parent(s) and carer(s). One method is to provide parents/carers with basic play therapy skills to use at home, However there are ethical issues to be considered as well as the pressure being put on parents to carry out 'therapy' The preferred PTISA approach is to provide coaching/mentoring for parents/carers in nurturing skills and how to play non-directively with their children. PTISA has recently approved the APAC 'Filial Play Coaching Skills Certificate' course which will be available in South Africa shortly.

 

See also:
Play    |    Play Work    |    Therapeutic Play    |    Filial Play Therapy    |    Play Therapy    |    Child Psychotherapy and Clinical Psychology (CPCP)    |    Therapeutic Play Continuum


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