Non-Directive Play Therapy and Psychodynamic Theory: Never the Twain Shall Meet?

This article offers the opinion that the use of non-directive play therapy is not in itself a sufficient theory for working within child psychiatry. The authors suggest that the added understanding of analytical theory be applied to non-directive play therapy and, combined with the skills of an occupational therapist, will provide a unique style of working. The article does not set out to describe the work of occupational therapists within child, adolescent and family psychiatry, which will be the subject of another paper.