A rticle written in collaboration with @dott.ssa_bianca.asciutto Abstract Theraplay represents a brief, structured, attachment-based dyadic psychotherapeutic intervention developed at the Theraplay Institute of Chicago in 1967 by Ann Jernberg and Phyllis Booth. This approach integrates Bowlby's attachment theory, affective neuroscience, play research, and Porges's polyvagal theory, promoting emotional and behavioral regulation through safe and restorative play interactions. T