Integrating creative arts modalities in the playroom and outside

This chapter presents an overview of how the practice of play therapy can be expanded to include creative arts therapies and modalities as integrated actions within a cohesive intervention with children, their families, and in crisis situations. Typically, play therapy activity is presented as primarily conducted with children and involves a certain range of expressive activities such as play with toys, sand tray, or puppets. However, play activity can be extended to include adults, families, and the use of other expressive avenues such as drama, music, art, storytelling, and dance/movement interaction within the in-person playroom and online.