I. Play therapy

A. Designed specifically for children, play therapy provides them with the opportunity to express their suppressed feelings such as anger, fear and frustration through playùa natural medium of expression--in a safe and nurturing therapeutic environment.

B. Child psychotherapists such as Anna Freud, Margaret Lowenfeld and Melanie Klein utilized children's spontaneous play in therapy as a substitute for psychoanalysis used with adults.

C. Building on Carl Rogers' client-centered therapy as a model, Virginia Axline formulated the non-directive or experiential play therapy for children, which is based on the complete acceptance of the children and the acknowledgement of their ability to solve their own problems without external impositions or pressures from the therapist.

II. Play therapy has many applications that are helpful for children and families in crisis.

Research studies have shown that play therapy, particularly non-directive play therapy, is effective for treating young children aged between three and 12 years: child witnesses of domestic violence, children living with

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