This article describes methods and techniques of play therapy for use with multicultural and diverse populations. Barriers to counseling multicultural children and Eurocentric play therapy techniques with multicultural populations are highlighted. Specific guidelines and examples for play therapy with multicultural children are provided. Recommendations and implications for mental health professionals are discussed.The alternative perspectives of children from differing racial and ethnic backgrounds present a challenge to counselors than can no longer be ignored. Today, issues of multicultural differences are encountered on a regular basis. The demographics imperative, or the 'colorization', of the United States by the year 2010 mandates that counselors can no longer be what is referred to as "culturally encapsulated" (Wrenn, 1962). In order to deal more effectively with and understand different cultures, mental health professionals must develop their own cultural identities and become aware of their own biases. This self-awareness, in combination with a commitment to play therapy, must be coupled with effective intervention.This document is copyrighted by the American Psychological Association or one of its allied publishers.This article is intended solely for the personal use of the individual user and is not to be disseminated broadly.

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