Play therapy is an effective way to help children facing difficult situations, Garry Landreth has found in nearly 40 research studies involving about 1,200 parents, and he developed a child-parent relationship training model so that parents can use play therapy at home to help their children.
"My goal throughout my professional career is based on the premise that as play therapists we should be sharing our skills," Landreth said. "We should not be hiding them away behind the closed doors of the play room. If we can be helpful to children, parents can learn to give the same kind of help in the same sessions at home."
Landreth is an internationally recognized play therapist, author and presenter. He is a Regents Professor Emeritus and founder of the Center for Play Therapy at the University of North Texas. His more than 150 journal articles, books and videos include the 2014 DVD CPRT in Action: Four Couples in a CPRT Group and the third edition of his award-winning book Play Therapy: The Art of the Relationship.
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