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“Play is the highest expression of human development in childhood, for it alone is the free expression of what is in a child’s soul.”

— Friedrich Froebe

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This page lists my latest blog posts. If you find my blog useful, follow me on Instagram or listen to me discuss Play Therapy on YouTube.

When you’re free, you can play. And when you’re playing, you become free.

— Heidi Kadison
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🙋🏽&zwj;♀️Introducing myself!
🇮🇳Namaste. I’m Anya Reddy, Certified Synergetic Play Therapist based in Bengaluru, India. My journey in Play Therapy began in 2017.

🧒🏽Play therapy is to children what counseling is to adults. It utilizes play

More reasons on why play is an excellent language for therapy with children!

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Play is a child’s work and this is not a trivial pursuit.

— Alfred Adler
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What can Play Therapy help with?

• Coping with divorced/adoptive parents
• Academic, behavioural & communication difficulties
• Processing feelings of anger, aggression, grief, or depression
• Coping with stress, fear, anxiet

Play Therapy with Anya
Playing to help children heal themselves.
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Toys are children’s words and play is their language.

— Garry L. Landreth
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How does Play Therapy work?

Maya’s Play Therapy Experience:
During Maya’s (pseudonym) 7th visit to the Play Therapy room, she selected a toy nest and 3 toy eggs. Placing the nest in the sand tray, she nestled 2 eggs within it and buried

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Birds fly, fish swim, and children play.

— Garry L. Landreth
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How is Play Therapy different from Play?

The primary distinction lies in the goal:
Play Therapy, facilitated by a trained Play Therapist, aims at healing.
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Children don’t say, “I had a hard day; can we talk?”
They say, “Will you play with me?”

— Lawrence Cohen

How does Play Therapy help?

In the playroom, I provide children with a safe, accepting, and non-judgmental space where they can freely express themselves.
Through symbolic play, children can express and process their feelings and experiences while I

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“Play Therapy may be described as an opportunity that is offered to the child to experience growth under the most favourable conditions. Since play is his natural medium for self-expression, the child is given the opportunity to play out his ac

What is Play Therapy?
Play is a child’s first and most natural language of self-expression; it is a medium through which children can make sense of their experiences and feelings.

In a therapeutic setting, Play Therapy harnesses this innate ab