Child-Centered Play Therapy (CCPT): Theory, Research, and Practice / Kindzentrierte Spieltherapie (CCPT): Theorie, Forschung, Praxis / Terapia de Juego Centrada en el Niño (TJCN): Teoría, Investigación y Práctica / La Thérapie par le Jeu Centrée sur l'Enfant: Théorie, Recherche et Pratique / Ludoterapia Centrada na Criança (LTCC): Teoria, Investigação e Prática /

Abstract Beginning with the groundbreaking work of Virginia Axline in the 1940s, nondirective/child-centered/person-centered play therapy has been recognized as a developmentally responsive therapeutic intervention for children that utilizes play, children's natural means of expression. Child-centered play therapy (CCPT), the term used in North America, is founded on the belief that, just as adults, children possess within themselves the ability to make meaning of their experiences and solve their own problems. This article provides an overview of the theory and practice of child-centered play therapy (CCPT), including research to support its effectiveness.