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The use of board games in child psychotherapy
Journal of Child Psychotherapy, 08/07/09

Oren A – Playing checkers, football or more recently, computer games, is an important part of the latency child's culture. The ability to play games demands a level of emotional development similar to that needed to cope with the emotional/developmental demands characteristic of latency. A game shared by the therapist and child provides a picture of the child's development, patterns of interaction and internalised representations, and is an arena where the therapist can intervene, verbally and non–verbally, in response to the specific needs of the child.

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