PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Mitašíková, Petra TI - Play therapy in therapeutic education DP - 2016 Dec 11 TA - Journal of Exceptional People PG - 55--65 VI - 5 IP - 1 IS - 18054978 AB - Play itself heals. The high-quality, deep and accepting relationship in the context of play therapy, multiplies its therapeutic aspect. Play has preventive effect, helping to prepare to cope with life difficulties and in the case of complex problems is useful even as the treatment.The play is in therapeutic education used as basic preventive, therapeutic and educational intervention. Play therapy is used for clients in situations to prevent potential problems and to solve various disadvantages. It provides to clients the possibility of self-expression, abreaction and correction of pathogenic emotional dynamics and also solving urgent current problems.