This is part of a series of therapeutic board games, each of which has been carefully developed utilizing an integrative psychotherapy model which incorporates systemic, cognitive-behavioural, humanistic and psychodynamic orientations. A therapist should always be present playing the games, which address factual issues and focus on emotional expression, belief systems, cognitive processes, behavioural responses, relationships, fantasies, memories and dreams. They provide a safe, boundary space where children and adolescents may explore their inner feelings, and can be used to answer questions which children may have been afraid to ask.

Author Bio:

Dr Yvonne Searle, BSc., MPhil., ClinPsyD., CertBehPsych, was a Chartered Clinical Psychologist for the NHS and in private practice in Cambridge.

Dr Isabelle Streng is a Chartered Clinical Psychologist and works at the Sophia Children’s Hospital in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.