Fantasy Play: Children use “fantasy play that externalizes the
pent-up emotions and memories of the past. The child may regress to the
developmental level of the original painful event or incident. A 10-year-old
boy may curl up on the couch like a baby or begin sucking his thumb or a
bottle. An older child may begin talking like a baby, using infantile expressions
and babbling.” (Cech 201-202). In this example, the child regresses into a previous
stage as a way to deal with “expressions of pain and longing” (Cech 202). Furthermore,
“fantasy play enables children to reveal their inner world possibilities
without facing difficulties … Fantasy play can be viewed as combining physical
reality with children’s imaginative world” (Kara 28).
- In this video clip of Charlotte Reznick’s Ted Talk “The Healing Power of the Imagination”, she gives an example of a child battling anxiety and how his imagination helped him to overcome his fears. This example of fantasy play is very encouraging!
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