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Play Therapy is based upon the fact that play is the child's natural medium of self-expression. It is an opportunity which is given to the child to 'play out' his feelings and problems just as, in certain types of adult therapy, an individual 'talks out' his difficulties.

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Virginia Axline

Virginia Axline

Born: 1911
Died: 1988 (aged 77)
Bio: Virginia Mae Axline was a psychologist and one of the pioneers in the use of play therapy. She wrote the book Dibs in Search of Self. She was also the author of Play Therapy.
Known for:
  1. Dibs in Search of Self (1964)
  2. Play Therapy (1947)
  3. Through Hell to Heaven (1978)

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