Body Psychotherapy in the Playroom A Somatic Approach to Working with Child Clients.

This paper proposes a theoretical model of play therapy that blends developmental neurobiology perspectives with tenets of body psychotherapy. The author suggests that the current application of neurodevelopmental principles in play therapy can be bolstered by somatic interventions that foster integration between the body and mind of the developing child. The topics of regulation, attunement, and interoception are explored from a somatic lens, and therapeutic applications are considered. This paper sets forth an integrative, trans-theoretical approach of incorporating body psychotherapy principles in the playroom. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]