Advocating for play therapy: A challenge for an empirically-based practice in the Philippines

• Main Authors: Tarroja, Maria Caridad H., Catipon, Maria Aurora Assumpta D., Dey, Maria Louise T., Garcia, Washington C.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2013
• Subjects: Play therapy > Philippines; Child psychotherapists > Philippines; Child Psychology; Psychology
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/2797
• Institution: De La Salle University

Play therapists in the Philippines are confronted with several challenges despite the popularity of play therapy as a treatment modality. Thirty-five Filipino play therapists were surveyed online about their practice as a play therapist, the issues and challenges they encounter, and the strategies t...