ABSTRACT
Children’s play, and their creation and enactment of stories, is richly permeated with metaphors. Such narratives provide important opportunities (for the therapist who is attuned to the child’s aspirations and anxieties) to gain insight into the way in which the child arranges their life experiences, and to develop intervention strategies which will promote greater understanding and coherence for the child growing up in an often complex and bewildering world.
