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Play Therapy is based upon the fact that play is the child's natural medium of self-expression. It is an opportunity which is given to the child to 'play out' his feelings and problems just as, in certain types of adult therapy, an individual 'talks out' his difficulties.

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Virginia Axline
Age: 76 †
Born: 1911
Born: January 1
Died: 1988
Died: January 1
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Non-Fiction Writer
Psychologist
Psychotherapist
Virginia Mae Axline
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