How to Design and Equip a Mentalization-Based Play Therapy Room

Psychodyn Psychiatry. 2018 Summer;46(2):240-251. doi: 10.1521/pdps.2018.46.2.240.

Abstract

Designing and equipping a play therapy room as a differentiated tool in a psychodynamic approach to child psychotherapy is seldom discussed. This article sketches out the equipment and furnishing of a play therapy room to be used for mentalization-based psychodynamic psychotherapy and gives examples of the use of such a room in practice.

Keywords: child psychotherapy; furnishing; mentalization; play therapy; play therapy room.

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • Humans
  • Interior Design and Furnishings*
  • Play Therapy / instrumentation
  • Play Therapy / methods*
  • Psychotherapy / instrumentation
  • Psychotherapy / methods*
  • Theory of Mind / physiology*