(Stop Child Abuse) .

             Addressing the emotional, cognitive and spiritual sufferings of such abused children significantly requires awareness of the healthy childhood development and remain aware that play is an elementary form of communication of all children. There prevails much argument about the therapeutic experiences with regard to the abused and neglected children and while the forensic specialists and psychologist frequently debate such issues one thing remains certain that the treatment should developmentally suitable to the children. Ever since the last seven decades the play therapy is being applied to treat the children those suffer from psychological disorders or who have experienced trauma. The playing is a normal part of the life and development of child and as such the children who experience play therapy are able to address with the emotions that are experienced after the traumatic event in a way that is developmentally suitable for them. (Play Therapy for Children: Play Therapy as Treatment of Choice for Traumatized Children).

             The prime advantage of play therapy as per Charles E. Schaefer lies in the diversity of theoretical methods which are presently applied in clinical practices with children. Such diversity stems from the fact that lot of therapeutic change mechanisms are found in play. Among the more popular therapeutic elements of play are its ego-boosting, relationship-enhancement, communication, and self-actualization powers. In the sphere of play therapy the real activity of playing becomes the elementary form of communication to the therapist. The play therapy provides verbal and non-verbal children the facility to form a link with the therapist and as per Eriksson the most natural method of self healing that childhood provides. Various models of play therapy are effectively being applied on the children suffering from trauma. The mode of operation of such therapy may be directive or non-directive or a mixture of both.