Types of Play Therapy
There are various types of therapeutic play services that can best support children and families so please ask me about the type of Play Therapy intervention that might be best for your child and family. At Island Play Therapy, getting to know each child and family’s unique situation and needs is a priority, and a combination of some or all of these approaches may be integrated at different times. Below are the main areas of therapeutic support provided by Island Play Therapy.
Child-Centred
Play Therapy
Individual, child-led therapy
Humanistic and Child-Centered Play Therapy is a gentle, yet powerful, one-on-one child-led approach to play therapy, where the child is focused upon rather than the presenting problem.
Learn to Play
Therapy
Teaching children how to play.
Learn to Play is a therapeutic intervention that was designed for children who find playing with toys and peers difficult.
AutPlay® Therapy
Neurodiversity affirming play therapy
AutPlay® conceptualises approaches of play therapy through a diversity understood and informed process to address the mental health needs of neurodivergent children, and their families.
Clay Field Therapy®
Sensorimotor ‘touch’ therapy
Clay Field Therapy® uses the sense of touch to relate to and manipulate the resources of clay, water, sponges.and select miniatures.
LEGO® Based Therapy
Play-based small group therapy
LEGO® Based Therapy is an evidence based, structured, child-centred social development communication program using the LEGO® system of bricks.
Sand Tray Therapy
A flexible & tactile play therapy
Sand Tray Therapy is an expressive therapy that uses a sand tray and miniatures to communicate, problem solve, and/or heal.
Theraplay®
Parent-Child attachment therapy
Utilising the Theraplay® principles to support dyadic (parent/carer and child) relationships, this directive therapy facilitates attachment. Theraplay® is successful across the lifespan, with children in infancy, through to adolescence.
Interplay®
Interpersonal family play therapy
Interplay® is an attachment-based therapeutic approach, tailored for children, young people, and their caregivers, emphasising play and emotional communication to foster safety and healing within relationships.
Filial Therapy
Parent-Child relationship therapy
Filial Therapy provides parents with training in simple Play Therapy techniques they can use with their own children.
School Services
Island Play Therapy can provide child play therapist outreach services, for both individual and small groups.