The tools of Cognitive Behavioral Play Therapy
CBPT adapts evidence-based cognitive-behavioral techniques into play — with tools that let children explore, express and change.
The child's language becomes the tool of change: puppets, stories and art.
Puppets
Puppets create an atmosphere of free expression: easy to manipulate, they let the child be spontaneous and project thoughts and feelings onto the character.
- Assessment: the Puppet Sentence Completion Task (PSCT)
- Interviewing children and family assessment
- Cognitive-behavioral techniques, modeling and role-play
Therapeutic storytelling
Narrative is how children make sense of the world. In CBPT the child is no longer a passive subject, but the active author of their own improvement.
- The development of narrative thinking
- Building therapeutic stories
- Bibliotherapy and the choice of texts
Puppets let the child be spontaneous and say what words alone cannot.
Expressive arts
Through expressive arts, emotions that have no words finally find a shape. Creative activities are organized within the CBPT setting and combined with cognitive-behavioral techniques.
- From art therapy in CBT to CBPT practice
- Organizing creative and expressive activities
- Exploring emotions along the therapeutic path
Learn to use the tools
Dedicated courses teach each tool in depth — puppets, storytelling and expressive arts — with practical, applicable technique.
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