Play therapists harness power of toys

HOW CHILDREN PLAY OFFERS INSIGHTS INTO THEIR INTERNAL CONFLICTS AND STRUGGLES, DUO SAYS

- BY LAKSHANA N PALAT Assistant Features Editor

How a child plays - and what they choose to play with - offers deep insight into their inner world.

It's this behavioural language that Dubai-based play therapists Stella Antoniou and Gemma Hookins set out to decode when they launched their Play Therapy Centre.

Antoniou, who started the play therapy centre with Hookins last September, explains their rationale.

"Play is the most natural form of communication. They say so much in how they choose to respond with toys, music or even pets. It's how they choose to express themselves."

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