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Access - Mental Health Counseling Resources: Play Therapy Kits

Journal resources for research available to counseling students and faculty.

Play Therapy

Play therapy is a psychotherapeutic method utilizing play as the primary mode of communication between practitioner and patient. It can aid patients who may otherwise have a difficult time expressing themselves verbally or otherwise overcoming psychosocial challenges. Play therapy can aid in the development of empathy, social skills, social integration, emotional modulation, and trauma resolution as well as a decrease in the patient's aggression. Check out this research starter from the Salem Press Encyclopedia of Health or any of our ebooks listed below to learn more.

Southwest students now can check out play therapy kits from the Bishop Harrison Library for academic or practical use. 

Kit Contents

Kit contents include over 88 individual toys and are designed to be played with. Our kits contain toys ideal for directive and non-directive play, aggression play, dollhouse play, dress up and role play, and many general play functions.A blue duffel bag with its contents arranged decoratively around it in a fan shape. Contents include small plastic army men, two realistic fake cell phones, two doll families, one white and one black, a felt food set, two animal finger puppets, a large wooden dollhouse, green play silk, a toy medical kit with colorful plastic components, a small plastic baby doll, mini bendable Gumby and Pokey figures, a mini nerf blaster, a four pack of Play-doh, a plastic tub of hard foam blocks, a costume superhero cape and mask, small metal toy cars, and a velcro wallet with fake money and spending cards inside.

Expectations for Use

Play therapy kits are designed to be directly engaged with and contain some single-use components. Due to this, the library does not expect or require kits to be  returned in the exact condition they were in when checked out. If a crafting component is consumed or if a toy is moderately damaged, please note this change condition on the included handout so the library can prepare the kit for future use. 

eBooks on Play Therapy