“…Utilizing client‐centered, family, and relationship theories, filial play therapy teaches parents nondirective play therapy skills to improve sensitivity, attunement, and positive parent–child communication. Results have indicated increases in parental empathy (Bratton & Landreth, ; Alivandi‐Vafa & Ismail, ; Costas & Landreth, ; Glover & Landreth, ; Harris & Landreth, ; Jang, ; Kidron & Landreth, ; Smith & Landreth, ; Yuen & Landreth, ; Yuen, Landreth & Baggerly, ) and child acceptance (Alivandi‐Vafa & Ismail, ; Kale & Landreth, ; Landreth & Lobaugh, ; Tew, Landreth, Joiner, & Solt, ; Topham, Wampler, Titus, & Rolling, ), and decreases in parental stress (Costas & Landreth, ; Glover & Landreth, ; Jang, ; Kidron & Landreth, ; Yuen et al., ), child problematic behaviors (Alivandi‐Vafa & Ismail, ; Topham et al., ), child anxiety (Glazer‐Waldman, Zimmerman, Landreth, & Norton, ), and depressive symptoms (Tew et al., ), and improved child–parent and family relationships (Boyer, ).…”