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BylawsA Message from the PresidentI don’t know about you but I have been on overdrive for the last couple months—at work AND at home! It has been so extreme that I recently remarked to my husband “If my memory gets so bad I forget the kids’ names, just go ahead and check me in (to the hospital).” Is it the time of year….Are we anticipating the coming holidays and trying to just get one more thing done before we have to shift focus to all those upcoming events? Or is the fall foliage just so beautiful that we end up daydreaming away more time at this time of year and then have to try to make up the time? I don’t know but I will try to bring more mindfulness into my day if you will!I came back from Atlanta (the APT annual conference) with a renewed enthusiasm, revitalized repertoire and reenergized certainty that play therapy is the first choice when treating children. Kentucky had at least fourteen professionals attending the conference and, at one time or another, I spent time with most of them... [READ MORE BY DOWNLOADING THE CURRENT NEWSLETTER] Jane Prouty, President |
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itself refers to a wide range of therapeutic methods which make use of the power and value of play for children and adults. Play therapy with a child or adult is more than just using play. It is using play and other expressive means in a systematic way to elicit the child's own inner resources to solve problems or discomfort.