title: Group play therapy. Using an interaction model with delayed regressed behaviors in children.
abstract: This article gives an overview of individual play therapy and relates the concepts of individual play therapy to group play therapy. A new model of group play therapy, an interactional model, is introduced. The article provides basic guidelines for beginning play therapists. An actual group is described and specific interventions for problems are suggested.
authors.forename: G B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Hubbard
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002665:Child Psychiatry; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002658:Developmental Disabilities / Q000451:nursing / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006757:Hospital Units; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D010989:Play Therapy / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012380:Role