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PLAY THERAPY

Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

IPA (US): 

 Dictionary entry overview: What does play therapy mean? 

PLAY THERAPY (noun)
  The noun PLAY THERAPY has 1 sense:

1. form of psychotherapy for children that uses play situations for diagnosis or treatmentplay

  Familiarity information: PLAY THERAPY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PLAY THERAPY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Form of psychotherapy for children that uses play situations for diagnosis or treatment

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("play therapy" is a kind of...):

psychotherapy (the treatment of mental or emotional problems by psychological means)


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