Play Time

Introduction to Play Time

As the common saying goes, “Hard work brings rewards, while play brings no benefits.” Many people, upon hearing about play time with children, have doubts such as: “Isn’t it just playing with children? How can playing help children? How does it help?” and etc.

Unlike adults, children do not know how to use words to express themselves or articulate their difficulties or problems. Sometimes when we ask children to talk about something or express their feelings, they might not be able to do it clearly. This is because their cognition, thinking, and logical reasoning are still in the developmental stages, and their verbal expression skills are not yet well developed.

However, subtly, children can convey many of their life experiences through playing with toys, playing the family cooking games (masak-masak, we call it in Malaysia) or drawing. During our play sessions, we use plays and toys to help children express their inner life experiences. Through plays and toys, children can better express the feelings and thoughts they cannot put into words.

How Play Time Can Help Children?

  1. Express Emotions: Children often find it difficult to express their emotions and experiences through words, but through play, they can express their feelings using the roles and scenarios in their games. This helps them better understand and process their emotions.
  2. Enhance Self-Awareness: Play Time helps children better understand their own emotions, needs, and values, thereby increasing their self-awareness and self-esteem.
  3. Improve Interpersonal Relationships: Through cooperative games or role-playing, children can learn effective communication, cooperation, and conflict resolution skills, which helps improve their relationships with peers, family members, and teachers.
  4. Reduce Anxiety and Stress: Play Time provides a safe environment for children to process anxiety, worries, and stress, helping them learn how to cope with these emotions.
  5. Address Behavioural Problems: For children with behavioural issues or challenges, play time can help them explore the underlying causes of these problems and find ways to improve them.
Play Time is not just a normal playing time. Play is the language of children, and toys are their words. We will provide a safe space, using the language and words that children understand, to support them. This lays a solid foundation for their future well-being, enabling them to better handle life’s challenges and grow up healthily and happily. This is also the greatest wish of many parents.

What Does ThinkWe Mind & Brain Health Offer?

  • Safe Environment: Play time is conducted in a quiet and safe environment, helping children to feel comfortable, relax and safe
  • Variety of Play Materials: A wide variety of toys and creative materials are provided to meet the different interests and needs of the children
  • Professional Guidance: Sessions are guided by professionally trained Play Therapist who help children explore and solve problems through play
  • Personalised & Customised Plans: Individualised play plans are developed based on each child’s specific situation and needs, ensuring the maximum effectiveness of the playing time

游戏陪伴

欢迎来到一程心理工作室,在这里我们可以帮助您的小孩建立一个健康的内在世界,而为他们未来的美好生活打下坚实的基础,从而更好地应对生活中的挑战并健康快乐地成长。

俗话说勤有功,戏无益。大部人听到游戏陪伴,内心总会有些疑问如:不就是跟小朋友玩而已嘛!谁不会玩呢?玩可以帮助小朋友咩?怎么帮哦?

小朋友不像成年人那样懂得用言语来表达自己和陈述自己的困境或问题。有时候当我们要求小朋友讲一件事,还是讲他的感受或感觉,他们未必能够表达,也可能说得不清楚。这是因为他们的认知,思考和逻辑推理还在发展的阶段,口语表达能力还没有发展得很好。

但很微妙的是小朋友可以从玩玩具,玩masak-masak (玩家家酒),从画图等游戏过程中,把他所感受到的许多生命经验透过这些游戏玩出来。而我们则透过游戏陪伴时段,进而利用游戏和玩具来帮忙孩子表达他内在的生命经验。小朋友透过游戏和玩具可以更好地表达出他说不出来的感受和想法。

游戏陪伴对小朋有什么帮助?

  1. 表达情感:小朋友通常难以用言语表达情感和经历,但通过游戏,他们可以用游戏中的角色和情节来表达情感,从而更好地理解和处理它们。
  2. 增强自我意识:游戏陪伴可以帮助小朋友更好地了解自己的情感、需求和价值观,提高自我意识和自我价值感。
  3. 改善人际关系:通过协作游戏或角色扮演,小朋友可以学会有效的沟通、合作和解决冲突的技巧,有助于改善他们与同伴、家人和老师之间的关系。
  4. 减轻焦虑和压力:游戏陪伴提供一个安全的环境,让小朋友处理焦虑、担忧和压力,帮助他们学会应对这些情感。
  5. 改善行为问题:对于有行为问题或挑战的儿童,游戏陪伴可以帮助他们探索这些问题的根本原因,并找到改善问题的方法。

游戏不只是游戏,玩具不只是玩具。游戏是儿童的语言,玩具是儿童的词汇。通过游戏时间,孩子们可以学会如何表达自己的感受,而在这个安全的空间利用小朋友懂的语言和词汇来陪伴他所面对的困难,从而创造一个支持和促进儿童心理健康的环境,为他们未来的美好生活打下坚实的基础,从而更好地应对生活中的挑战并健康快乐地成长。这也是很多父母最大的心愿。

一程心理工作室提供以下:

  • 安全的环境:游戏陪伴是在一个安静、安全的环境中进行,让小朋友感到舒适、放松与安全
  • 多样的游戏媒材:提供丰富多元的玩具和创意媒材,满足小朋友们不同的兴趣和需求
  • 专业的指导:由受过专业训练的游戏治疗师进行指导,帮助小朋友通过游戏探索和解决问题
  • 个性化和量身定制的计划:根据每个小朋友的具体情况和需求,量身定制个性化的游戏计划,确保更有效地帮助到孩子

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