Play Therapy
The below information, including links and articles, are from the Association for Play Therapy website; I do not claim to have created the resources on this page. This information on this web-page is for educational and supervision purposes only.
Play Therapy Theories
International Journal of Play Therapy®
The International Journal of Play Therapy® is a peer-reviewed quarterly journal with scholarly articles about current play therapy research, case studies, theoretical applications, and current practices. Available on PsychNet, and its articles archived by APA.
Play Therapy™ Magazine
Play TherapyTM Magazine is a full-color, quarterly publication offering important information about clinical and professional best practices, experiential and research-based play therapy applications, association program news, member recognition's, play therapy book reviews and other features for both mental health professionals and the general public. Articles archived online for two years.
Mining Reports
A quarterly electronic publication or Mining Report, to alert play therapists about current or emerging mental health trends, cutting-edge best practices, and other wisdom. Recent multi-disciplinary publications (intelligence) are scanned (mined) and citations reported to assist those who teach, practice, and supervise play therapy.
Why Play Therapy? Brochure
A brochure to explain the value of play, play therapy, and credentialed play therapists to the public. Useful for parents, teachers and other mental health professionals. Brochures are available in packages of 25 in both English, Spanish, and French via APT Store.
Disaster Activity Book for Kids - FREE Download
Too Much Weather is an activity book to help children cope with natural disasters such as hurricanes. The activities for this book were created by Drs. Anne Stewart and Danielle Budash, both Registered Play Therapist - Supervisors and faculty in the Department of Graduate Psychology at James Madison University.
Research & PracticeResearch
APT encourages play therapy research that demonstrates the value and effectiveness of play and play therapy, increases play therapy knowledge or improves play therapy techniques, and supports evidence-based play therapy practices.
Also available: Why Play Therapy is Appropriate for Children with Symptoms of PTSD
Play Therapy Best Practices
APT endorses Play Therapy Best Practices and offers a Paper on Touch to assist play therapy practitioners, supervisors, and instructors. Both documents are updated on a triannual basis by the APT Ethics Committee.
Ethical Considerations
Ethical Considerations for Implementing Telemental Health in Play Therapy: A Reflective Exercise for Play Therapists Based on the Association for Play Therapy's Best Practice Guidelines.
COVID-19 InterventionsAPT is excited to announce the release of COVID-19 Interventions, a new resource created by play therapists, for play therapists. What started as a simple conversation between play therapists grew into a compilation of interventions to facilitate the therapeutic process during this pandemic.
Wheel Chart
Therapeutic Powers of Play: The “20 Therapeutic Powers of Play” wheel chart featured in the September 2019 Play TherapyTM Magazine is now available in English, Spanish, and French.
- Adlerian Play Therapy
- Attachment Theory and Theraplay® (historically significant approach)
- Child-Centered Play Therapy
- Filial Therapy (historically significant approach based on CCPT)
- Cognitive Behavioral Play Therapy
- Ecosystemic Play Therapy
- Gestalt Play Therapy
- Jungian Analytical Play Therapy
- Psychoanalytic Play Therapy
International Journal of Play Therapy®
The International Journal of Play Therapy® is a peer-reviewed quarterly journal with scholarly articles about current play therapy research, case studies, theoretical applications, and current practices. Available on PsychNet, and its articles archived by APA.
Play Therapy™ Magazine
Play TherapyTM Magazine is a full-color, quarterly publication offering important information about clinical and professional best practices, experiential and research-based play therapy applications, association program news, member recognition's, play therapy book reviews and other features for both mental health professionals and the general public. Articles archived online for two years.
Mining Reports
A quarterly electronic publication or Mining Report, to alert play therapists about current or emerging mental health trends, cutting-edge best practices, and other wisdom. Recent multi-disciplinary publications (intelligence) are scanned (mined) and citations reported to assist those who teach, practice, and supervise play therapy.
Why Play Therapy? Brochure
A brochure to explain the value of play, play therapy, and credentialed play therapists to the public. Useful for parents, teachers and other mental health professionals. Brochures are available in packages of 25 in both English, Spanish, and French via APT Store.
Disaster Activity Book for Kids - FREE Download
Too Much Weather is an activity book to help children cope with natural disasters such as hurricanes. The activities for this book were created by Drs. Anne Stewart and Danielle Budash, both Registered Play Therapist - Supervisors and faculty in the Department of Graduate Psychology at James Madison University.
Research & PracticeResearch
APT encourages play therapy research that demonstrates the value and effectiveness of play and play therapy, increases play therapy knowledge or improves play therapy techniques, and supports evidence-based play therapy practices.
Also available: Why Play Therapy is Appropriate for Children with Symptoms of PTSD
Play Therapy Best Practices
APT endorses Play Therapy Best Practices and offers a Paper on Touch to assist play therapy practitioners, supervisors, and instructors. Both documents are updated on a triannual basis by the APT Ethics Committee.
Ethical Considerations
Ethical Considerations for Implementing Telemental Health in Play Therapy: A Reflective Exercise for Play Therapists Based on the Association for Play Therapy's Best Practice Guidelines.
COVID-19 InterventionsAPT is excited to announce the release of COVID-19 Interventions, a new resource created by play therapists, for play therapists. What started as a simple conversation between play therapists grew into a compilation of interventions to facilitate the therapeutic process during this pandemic.
Wheel Chart
Therapeutic Powers of Play: The “20 Therapeutic Powers of Play” wheel chart featured in the September 2019 Play TherapyTM Magazine is now available in English, Spanish, and French.
