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Mental Health Play is the natural language of children. Because of this, therapy happens through play.

Play Therapy is a specialised area of practice and a way to relate to children who find it difficult to verbalise their feelings. Play Therapy provides children with an opportunity to “play out” their thoughts, feelings and problems in a non-directive way, in a safe environment with a professional therapist.

26/03/2026

06/03/2026

03/03/2026

The opposite of “demonstrating ‘behaviors’” (i.e., a euphemism for ‘misbehavior’) isn’t “behaving well”.

The opposite of “demonstrating behaviors” is “internalizing distress”.

Another way to say “demonstrating behaviors” could be “externalizing distress”.

If a child is “demonstrating behaviors” and you implement a plan to get them to stop “demonstrating behaviors” that focuses entirely on changing the child, all you are doing is getting them to internalize, rather than externalize, their distress.

(P.S. This post is made to be super short and to-the-point, but if you’re reading it and feeling like, “So what do I do, then?” I’ll throw a bunch of resources in the comments. :))

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29/10/2025

The Problem with Time Outs, 123 Magic, and Separation Based Discipline Discipline is a constant question on parents’ minds and usually starts with the phrase – “What do I do when my child hits their sibling? What do I do when they don’t listen? What do I do when they don’t go to bed?!” T...

03/10/2025

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Highfield Place, Unit 1
Letterkenny
F92E89C

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http://www.donegalplaytherapy.com/

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Play is the natural language of children. Play Therapy is a specialised area of practice and a way to relate to children who are unable to verbalise their feelings. Because of this, therapy happens through play. Play Therapy provides children with an opportunity to “play out” their thoughts, feelings and problems in a non-directive way, in a safe environment with a caring therapist.