Play Therapy with Anya

I use Play therapeutically to help children (4 - 12 years) help themselves with their emotions.

I use Play (art, music, toys, sand trays, drama, puppets and masks, movement, storytelling and mindfulness) to help children help themselves with their social, emotional and behavioural difficulties. I work with children between the ages of 4 to 12 years in Richmond Town, Bengaluru, India.

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Virginia Axline, Carl Roger’s student and colleague, elaborated the principles and philosophy of Roger’s non-directive counselling approach in her work with children in 1947. The approach is rooted in the belief that every individual is on his/her own continuous and personal journey of growth, and at his/her own pace. In her work, Axline realised that self-directed play provides children with a chance to simply be themselves.

Play is a child’s symbolic language of self-expression, and is the most natural, dynamic, and self-healing process in which he/she can engage. Given that all children below the age of eleven years are yet to develop the neural pathways required for formal and structured language, they are unable express their emotions in verbal fluency. However, play is a process through which children can make sense of their experiences and feelings by using toys as metaphors; they find this approach safe as they are able to experience all parts of themselves and their personalities from a distance. By symbolically altering endings in play therapy children develop both their ideas of self and an inner shift towards conflict resolution thereby building their confidence in dealing with their environment through identification of appropriate coping mechanisms.

Axline is considered the originator of play therapy and much of current play therapy practice is based upon her work. She clearly outlined the therapist’s role in 8 principles which are followed during every session:

1. Must develop a warm and friendly relationship with the child.

2. Accept the child as she/he is.

3. Establish a feeling of permissiveness in the relationship so that the child feels free to express his or her feelings completely.

4. Be alert to recognise the feelings the child is expressing and reflects these feelings back in such a manner that the child gains insight into his/her behaviour.

5. Maintain a deep respect for the child’s ability to solve his/her problems and give the child the opportunity to do so. The responsibility to make choices and to institute change is the child’s.

6. Do not attempt to direct the child’s actions or conversations in any manner; the child leads the way and the therapist follows.

7. Do not hurry the therapy along; it is a gradual process and must be recognized as such by the therapist.

8. Only establish those limitations necessary to anchor the therapy to the world of reality and to make the child aware of his/her responsibility in the relationship.

References:

Axline, V. (1974). Play Therapy. Revised ed. New York simultaneously in Toronto: Ballantine.

Landreth, G. 1993. Child-Centered Play Therapy. Elementary School Guidance & Counseling. [Online.] 28 (1), 17 – 19. [Accessed 10 October 2017]. Available from: http://www.jstor.org/stable/42869126

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Bangalore

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Telephone

+919920538935

Website

http://www.playtherapywithanya.com/

Address

Richmond Road
Bangalore
560025

Opening Hours

Monday	10am - 7pm
Tuesday	10am - 7pm
Wednesday	10am - 7pm
Thursday	10am - 7pm
Friday	10am - 5pm
Saturday	10am - 5pm