Play therapy to educate and support children and young people before and after a liver transplant began as a pilot project in 2013: since then, Christiane Konietzny, a state-approved educator and play therapist, has been visiting children and young people on ward 61a and in the outpatient liver clinic with the small liver institute she designed - a mobile research room and playroom. The young patients playfully learn to understand the body and its organs as well as the disease and medical care. The aim is to alleviate feelings of helplessness and fear and to strengthen the patient's ability to understand, help shape and cope with their own situation. "If a child is able to accept the transplant and the medical care that is necessary afterwards, they will not use the disease and all the peculiarities that go with it, such as taking tablets regularly, as a means of conflict in the process of separating from their parents later on as a teenager. Instead, they will be able to take care of their own health as adults," explains the play therapist. She is the author and illustrator of the book "Milla und die Sache mit dem Piks", which will be published in February 2021. A book about raising awareness and overcoming anxiety when taking blood samples in order to further improve the children's quality of life. Her position is financed entirely by donations, so the project is only ever temporary.

Christine Konietzny studied German philology and social psychology and graduated with a diploma in fine arts and as a master student. In 2014, she completed further training in person-centered play therapy. This was followed by further training as a transition trainer in 2019.