The Mission of the Kentucky Association for Play Therapy is to provide support and training to mental health professionals who facilitate healing for children, families and communities experiencing emotional and relational problems through the promotion/use of play and play therapy.

"The Power of Play Will Blow You Away"

Play is a natural-fun-creative-spontaneous-necessary experience for children and adults to develop healthy lives. The capacity to play appears to be built into our biological makeup as we can hardly restrain or be restrained from some form of play in our lives. And the power of play to enhance children's abilities to learn about, prepare for and communicate with their internal and external world is awesome.

Play Therapy 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.

The Play Therapist assists the child to find solutions as the child experiences the safety and freedom to play in his/her own way. Play therapists also recognize parents, community and the context of the child as essential parts of the healing process and may use play therapy approaches with those elements as well.

For much more detailed information on play therapy and play therapists you may choose to go to a4pt.org or use our contact information.