Sliding Doors: Some Reflections on the Parent-Child’s Therapist Triangle Adult psychotherapy is a process that is meant to involve the parents either by contacting them or by initiating them into the process. Play therapy is a form of psychotherapy that uses playing as a form of learning or communication for victims of a particular incident. Play therapy is mostly used on children but parents may also be counseled using the same. It is also used to prevent or resolve psychological challenges. In addition, this therapy also helps the victim through the whole process of society integration, growth, and development. Play therapy may be useful in ensuring that several victims come back into the society as better people. For example, the parents who are willing to turn over a new leaf after separation from their children might use this therapy to achieve normalcy, especially to alleviate the trauma that affects the mother after the loss of a child. Like any other form of psychotherapy, play therapy is relatively difficult for parents than it is for children because of the fact that therapeutic work with parents is controversial and it has also been considered to be optional for some of these parents (Gvion & Bar, 2014). This means that for the whole process to work, the parent, in this case the mother, must be ready and willing to take part in the ‘relationship-healing’ process. Any form of therapy, including play therapy, requires careful study and involvement of the parents. For instance, it has become clear that the child’s analysis cannot be conducted without dealing with the parents’ basic problems first. Consequently, no child therapy can be successful without some level of significant change in the parent or family dynamics. Play therapy helps to reinvent a situation whereby the victim is able to relate his or her state or condition and learn from it. The therapy also shows them that the problem the clients are going through can be dealt with and they should not give up on their quest for being better parents. The purpose of the play therapy is to give the parents something to think about and learn from when the child is fully engaged. Depending on the kind situation the patient is going through, the therapist may manipulate the play therapy to convey a particular message. For most children, the mother figure is usually the closest thing they have a to a parental figure. Therefore, as hard as it is for the mother to lose her child, it is also hard for the child to go on without her mother. Like in the triangular story of Noa, the therapist, and Noa’s mother, there is an existing gap between the parent and the child (Gvion & Bar, 2014). The play therapy session in this story may serve as a stepping-stone for the mother who is in the healing process. It also shows the mother that the most important step is getting to know the child even before she can think of ways to make up for the loss. Therapy would encourage the parent to get to know what the child thinks about the whole situation before moving forward. This helps to break the secrecy barrier that may exist between the mother and child. The mother should not rely on the notion that they know their child and are completely familiar with the child because they are their fresh and blood. How Much is Too Much Viol