title: Games children play: board games in psychodynamic psychotherapy.
abstract: Children of latency age have typically outgrown dramatic play but have not yet developed the ability to talk about their thoughts and feelings in therapy; at this stage they often play structured board games, during their own playtime and during therapy sessions. This article discusses ways to use board-game play therapeutically, by watching the way children stretch and bend the rules to display their psychological self-states, and by interpreting their experiences within the play.
authors.affiliation: William Alanson White Institute, New York, NY, USA. bellinsonj@nyc.rr.com
authors.forename: Jill
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bellinson
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D010989:Play Therapy / Q000295:instrumentation; D010988:Play and Playthings / Q000523:psychology*; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods*