Theraplay® is a structured and focused technique designed to enhance the attachment between children and their care-giver. Activities in Theraplay® are designed to be fun, playful and interactive and personal.  The principles of Theraplay® are based on Attachment Theory and model the healthy, secure and positive relationship between parents/carers and their children Theraplay® is multi-sensory: involving touch, movement, rhythm, eye contact and emotion which are all key aspects to successful brain regulation and relational development.

Theraplay® interactions focus on four dimensions found in parent/carer-child relationships: Structure, Engagement, Nurture, and Challenge. Theraplay® sessions create an active, emotional connection between the child and parent or caregiver, resulting in a changed view of the self as worthy and lovable and of relationships as positive and rewarding.