Game therapy is generally a sand table game. Sandplay has two basic elements: sand and miniature models of people or things. Sandplaytherapy is mainly a method of psychotherapy and psychological consultation by using sand, sand table and miniature models of people or things. Emphasizing the spontaneity and autonomy of the creative process itself is the basic feature of sandplay therapy, and making full use of nonverbal communication and symbolic meaning is the essential feature of sandplay therapy. In addition, the basic principle of this therapy is to give people the freedom of imagination to the maximum extent, so that people can carefully construct and develop various themes that can gallop freely in their minds. Sandplay therapy is based on Jung's analytical psychology, especially his unconscious theory and his invented positive imagination technology.
In addition, the methods of game therapy are: 1. Role play.
Role-playing is an activity that children creatively express their life experiences through imitation and imagination according to their own interests and wishes.
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Performance game, also known as drama game, refers to an activity form in which children perform by playing roles and using language, movements and expressions according to the contents and plots of literary works such as stories or fairy tales.
Game therapy is a kind of psychotherapy to relieve emotional distress with basic psychological motivation and development principles. Usually, various materials with imaginative and expressive functions are used, such as puppets, dolls, clay, board games, art materials and model games. Let children express and channel their emotional conflicts through the metaphor of the game.