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Play Therapy Flashcards

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Who was the first person to claim that we can observe other children’s behavior to learn about them and understand them?

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Rousseau - 18th century

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When, who, and what was the name of the first documented case of play therapy in which a child’s difficulty was attributed to emotional causes

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1909 - by Freud with “Little Hans”

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Who began to employ the technique of play as a means of analyzing children under 6?

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1919 - Melanie Klein

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Who believed exploration of the unconscious was the main task of therapy and this could best be achieved through analysis of the child’s transference relationship with the therapist?

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Melanie Klein

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Who was one of the first therapists to emphasize play as essential in child analysis and to provide children in therapy with play materials to express themselves?

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1921 - Hermine Hug-Hellmuth

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Who called attention to the difficulty of applying methods of adult therapy to children?

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Hermine Hug-Hellmuth

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Who practiced psychoanalytic play therapy?

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Anna Freud (1946)

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Who emphasized the importance of developing the emotional relationship between the child and the therapist before interpreting the unconscious motivation behind the child’s drawings and play

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Anna Freud (1946)

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Who cautioned against viewing everything in the play situation as symbolic?

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Anna Freud (1946)

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Who encouraged the child to verbalize daydreams or fantasies and when the child had difficulty discussing feelings and attitudes, she encouraged the child to sit quietly and “see pictures”?

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Anna Freud (1946)

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Who believed the child could release pain and tension by reenacting traumatic event?

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David Levy (1930)

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When and who actually released play therapy?

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1930 - David Levy

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When & who was involved in the second major development in formulating play therapy?

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1930 - David Levy

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Who developed release therapy?

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David Levy

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What is a structured play therapy approach for children who had experienced a specific stressful/anxiety-provoking situation?

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Release Therapy

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What therapy requires the major role of the therapist to be a shifter of scenes, to recreate through selected toys the experience that precipitated the child’s anxiety reaction?

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Release Therapy

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Who created Relationship Play Therapy?

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Taft, Allen and Rank

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When was Relationship Play Therapy introduced?

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1933

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What therapy focuses on current feelings and reactions?

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Relationship Play Therapy

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What is the third significant development in play therapy?

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Relationship Play Therapy

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Which play therapy is based on client-centered approach (Rogers)?

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1940 - Nondirective Play Therapy

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Who stressed regarding children as persons of inner strength with the capacity to alter their behavior constructively?

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Allen and Taft

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Who was Roger’s student and applied client-centered approach to playing with children?

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Axline

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What is considered the 4th major development of play therapy?

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applying a client-centered approach to playing with children

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Which play therapy makes no effort to control or change the child and is based on the theory that the child’s behavior is at all times caused by the drive for complete self-actualization?

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Nondirective play therapy

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What is the overall goal of nondirective play therapy?

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To create a secure relationship that will allow for the child to be themselves

27
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Which therapy has the longest history of use, the strongest research support, and is most used by play therapy practitioners?

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Child-centered play therapy

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Who created structured play therapy?

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1955- Gove Hambidge

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Which therapy, following the establishment of therapeutic relationship, consist of directly recreating the anxiety-producing situation, playing out the situation, and then allowing the child to free play to recover from the intrusive procedure?

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structured play therapy

30
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Who conducted Play Therapy in Elementary Schools?

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Landreth and Myrick - 1960

31
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This therapy meets a broad range of the developmental needs of all children, not just the maladjusted

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Play therapy in elementary schools (Landreth & Myrick)

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The ultimate objective of this therapy is to assist the intellectual, emotional, physical, and social development of children by providing adequate learning opportunities?

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Play therapy in elementary schools (Landreth & Myrick)

33
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This is the result of Schaefer and O’Connor’s vision to create an international organization for the advancement of play therapy

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1982 - Association for Play Therapy

34
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The Association for Play Therapy sparked what?

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University training
Filial therapy
Center for Play Therapy (Landreth)

35
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What is the exact name of the play therapy professional organization and journal?

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Association for Play Therapy

International Journal of Play Therapy

36
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How do child-centered play therapists view children?

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believes deeply in and trusts the inner person of the child

objective - can relate to the child in ways that will release the child’s own self-healing power

concerned with developing the kind of relationship that facilitates inner emotional growth and the child’s belief in themselves

37
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What are Axline’s FIRST 4 principles? (8 total)

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1- genuinely interested in the child and develops a warm caring relationship

2- accepts the child unconditionally and does not wish that the child were different

3- creates a feeling of safety and freedom in the relationship

4- always sensitive to the child’s feelings and gently reflects those in a manner that helps the child develop self-understanding.

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What are Axline’s LAST 4 principles? (8 total)

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5- believes in the child’s capacity to act responsibly, respects the child’s ability to solve personal problems, and allows the child to do so.

6- trusts the child’s inner direction, allows the child to lead in all areas of the relationship, and resists any urge to direct play or conversation.

7- appreciates the gradual nature of the therapeutic process and does not attempt to hurry the process.

8- establishes only those therapeutic limits necessary to anchor the session to reality and help the child accept personal and appropriate relationship responsibility.

39
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What are the Core Conditions?

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Genuineness (being real)

Nonpossessive warmth (warm and caring acceptance)

Empathy (sensitive understanding)

40
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What are the 10 personality traits a play therapist must have?

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Objective and flexible
Does not judge or evaluate
Open-minded
Patient
High tolerance for ambiguity
Future-minded
Personal courage
Uses the 3 conditions
Personally secure
A sense of humor
41
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What kind of characteristics must a play therapist have?

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Acceptance of the child
Respect for the child’s uniqueness
Sensitivity to the child’s feelings

42
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What does Landreth call empathy?

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Sensitive understanding

43
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Specifically, what is empathy?

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Putting away the therapist’s own experiences and expectations and appreciate the personhood of the child, their activities, their experiences, their thoughts and their feelings

To sense the child’s private world as if it were your own but without ever losing the ‘as if’ quality

Requires a high level of emotional interaction with the child

The play therapist is in full emotional contact with the child’s perceptual, experiential world of reality

Sense as deeply as possible the experiencing of the child at that moment and to accept as fully as possible the emerging intuitive empathetic response within herself as being sufficient for the moment

44
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The definition of play therapy that includes most if not all of Landreth’s points.

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A dynamic interpersonal relationship between a child (or person of any age) and a therapist trained in play therapy procedures who provides selected play materials and facilitates the development of a safe relationship for the child (or person of any age) to fully express and explore self (feelings, thoughts, experiences, behaviors) through play, the child’s natural medium of communication, for optimal growth and development.

45
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Why is a verbal approach not used with children up to 8 years of age?

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Most children have trouble sitting still for a long period of time → creative energy is consumed in focusing on a nonreproductive activity

In play, children can discharge energy, prepare for life’s duties, achieve difficult goals and relieve frustrations

Children under 8 years old do not have the vocabulary and self-understanding to effectively communicate their feelings.

46
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Explain Play Therapy for parents

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Play is a child’s natural means of communication

allows children to work through their difficulties without the threat of real-life consequences

toys are like the child’s words, and play is the child’s language

When children can communicate or play out how they feel to someone who understands, they feel better because the feelings have been released (like when adults feel better after talking about an issue with a friend)

learn how to express their thoughts and feelings in constructive ways, to control their behavior, to make decisions and to accept responsibility

Sometimes it’s easier for children to explore feelings, especially fear or anger, with someone who is objective and accepting than it is with a parent or teacher (therefore it is best if you don’t quiz or question the child about what they did in the playroom)

47
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What can you share with parents?

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Confidential

Happy to share general impressions and suggestions, but cannot share what they do in the playroom

Can share general information that I think you need to know

48
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What should a child wear to play therapy?

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clothes that can get dirty (paint and sand used); freedom in their play and it is a part of the therapeutic process

49
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What can you say if a child asks why they are in play therapy?

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“Things don’t seem to be going well for you at school and sometimes it helps to have a special time for just yourself with a special person.”

50
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How are feelings typically expressed in a play session?

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Feelings and attitudes that may be too threatening for the child to express directly, they can be safely projected through self-chosen toys. Instead of verbalizing thoughts and feelings, a child may bury in the sand, shoot the dragon, or spank the doll representing the baby brother.

51
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What WOULD you say to a child in the waiting room as you are about to go to the playroom?

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If the parent is trying to discuss issues: “Now is not a good time to discuss this, we can schedule a time for later.” (then immediately crouch down to greet the child)

Enter the waiting room, give the parent a short warm greeting, immediately crouch down, make eye contact, give a warm smile, and make the introduction to the child without giving the parent a chance to make conversation

Avoid questions

Stating that the parent will wait in the waiting room and will be there when the child comes back from the playroom

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What would you NOT say to a child in the waiting room as you are about to go to the playroom?

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Discuss the child with the parent

Listen to the parent talk about issues regarding the child

Questions like, “Would you like to go to the playroom now?” Or, “We can go to the playroom now, ok?”

Asking questions while walking to the playroom like, “How old are you? Where do you go to school?” (child will expect questions in the playroom too)

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What can you say/do if the child is reluctant to go to the playroom?

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“You need more time to decide about going to the playroom. I’m going back to my office. You can choose to have 1 more minute or 3 more minutes before you go to the playroom. Which do you choose?” – Offer choices!!

“Mom, you may go down the hall with us to the playroom, so Robert will know you know where the playroom is.”

“Mom, it looks like Chad would like to have you in the playroom for a while. You can come in with us. You can sit there (points to chair) and I will talk for you if Chad needs a response from you.” (parent eventually leaves)

54
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What is tracking & give an example?

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put into words what the therapist sees and observes the child doing and thus validates the child.

Tracking responses communicate the therapist’s interest in the child and what the child is doing.

*Start with You or You are…

Example: “Hmm you’re trying to decide what to play with first.” “You decided to play with that. You’re moving it forward and backward.”

55
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What is the rationale for not labeling toys?

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A child will not feel understood by the therapist if a toy is incorrectly labeled.

Labeling a toy anchors the child to the therapist’s reality and interferes with the child’s creativity and fantasy.

Avoiding labeling toys helps children feel safe enough to explore using the toys in unconventional ways.

56
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What are some common facilitative responses?

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In here, that’s something you can decide.
You did that.
You knew just how to do that.

57
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What are the 3 steps for limit setting?

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Acknowledge the feeling (I know you would like to shoot me.)
Set the limit (I am not for shooting.)
Offer an alternative (You can shoot the wall if you’d like.)

58
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how is the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) typically used with play therapy clients?

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Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL):

Expensive

Used to detect and assess emotional and behavioral problems in children and adolescents

CBCL completed by parents

2 other components, one for teachers (Teacher’s Report Form TRF) and one for the child/adolescent (Youth Self-Report YSR)

8 scales:
Anxious/depressed
Depressed 
Somatic complaints
Social problems
Thought problems
Attention problems
Rule-breaking behavior
Aggressive behavior
59
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how is the Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) typically used with play therapy clients?

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Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ):

Free

For parents, teachers and educators to complete

For children aged 3-16

Self-assessments available for adolescents aged 11-16

Evaluating observed behaviors of the child

Asks about psychological attributes, both positive and negative:
Emotional symptoms
Conduct problems
Hyperactivity/ inattention
Peer relationship problems
Prosocial behavior

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