An Introduction to the Role of Play-Therapy in Children Suffering from Psychological Problems

Behavioral disorder in preschool children can cause severe behavioral disorder during elementary school years leading to committing criminal activities during youth and eventually anti-social personality during adulthood. Additionally, these problems can lead to the creation of plenty of difficulties for the family, the child's relatives and also the entire society.There will also be considerable expenses beyond one's imagination. (Stormont, M, 2002). Within this framework, the necessity for an intervention to reduce the severity of early symptoms and the prevention of its longevity will become inevitable. Among different treatments for children, play therapy is one of the best and most fruitful methods in which several psychologists and researchers have utilized this method for several decades to treat a large scope of disorders and difficulties proving effectiveness. (Bratton, Ray, Raine and Jones, 2005).