It’s long been recognised that every child is different.  We’ve analysed just over 5000 cases showing the variety of referral conditions for Play Therapy.

The top 10 conditions account for 43% of all referrals out of 327 different ones presented – so Pareto’s law does not apply!

Family relationship difficulties	6.77%
Attachment Issues	6.57%
Anger management	6.21%
Domestic violence – experience of	5.05%
Anxiety disorder	3.75%
Bereavement Close Relatives	3.36%
Social relationships difficulties	3.28%
Lack of self-esteem	3.12%
Autistic spectrum disorder	2.98%
Adjustment Issue – with anxiety	2.40%

Does this match your school’s experience?

Play Therapy UK registrants are trained to cope with this complexity of issues, achieving a positive change of between 77% and 84%.  Not perfect but pretty good.

Find your nearest PTUK therapist:  www.playtherapyregister.org.uk

More information:  www.playtherapy.org.uk

Email me personally at jefferyht@yahoo.co.uk for details of our trainee placement service which provides play therapy for a year at a negligible cost.

Kind regards

Jeff Thomas – Registrar Play Therapy UK