Intro to Play Therapy Midterm Exam Questions with Correct Answers
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Course
Child therapy
Institution
Child Therapy
Personal qualities of a play therapist - Answer-a) like children and treat them with kindness and respect
b) have a sense of humor and be willing to laugh at themselves
c) be playful and fun-loving
d) be self confident and not dependent on others for positive regard for a sense of self wor...
Intro to Play Therapy Midterm Exam
Questions with Correct Answers
Personal qualities of a play therapist - Answer-a) like children and treat them with kindness and
respect
b) have a sense of humor and be willing to laugh at themselves
c) be playful and fun-loving
d) be self confident and not dependent on others for positive regard for a sense of self worth
e) be open and honest
f) be flexible and able to deal with a certain level of ambiguity
g) be accepting of others perceptions of reality without feeling threatened or judgmental
h) be willing to use play and metaphors to communicate
i) be comfortable with children and experience interacting with them
j) be able to firmly and kindly set limits and maintain personal boundaries
k) be self aware and open to taking interpersonal risks and exploring his/her own personal
issues
What is play therapy? - Answer-An approach to counseling young children in which the
counselor uses toys, art supplies, games, and other play media to communicate with clients
using the "language" of child - the "language of play.
,Who benefits from play therapy? - Answer-*Children under the age of 12 developmentally.
a) Have relatively limited ability to verbalize their feelings and thoughts and to use abstract
verbal reasoning
b) Most of them lack the ability to come into a counseling session, sit down and use words to tell
the therapist their problems.
c) Tend to lack the introspective and interactional skills required to take full advantage of the
"talking cure" (usually a challenge).
Therapeutic powers of play - Answer-•Self Expression
•Access to the Unconscious
•Direct and Indirect Teaching
•Abreaction (reenacting "bad events" over & over. RETRAUMATIZING IS NOT GOOD. There's
a difference.)
•Stress Inoculation (playing out a stressful event before it happens)
•Mastering of Fears and Counterconditioning of Negative Affect
•Catharsis (strong positive/negative emotions that are not ordinarily willing to communicate)
•Positive emotion
•Competence and Self-Control
•Sublimation (channel socially unacceptable impulses into socially acceptable.)
,•Attachment formation
•Reality testing
Play therapy would not be the treatment of choice for: - Answer-a) severe conduct disorder
b) manifest signs of psychosis
*stabilize first!
Paradigm shift - Answer-•Transition from talk therapy to play therapy is an extremely complex
conceptual paradigm shift.
•It can be very difficult for adults!
•Must see the world from a different perspective.
•Think of communication as a symbolic, action-oriented world where
-Behaviors of puppets and animal figures are important pieces of information
-A shrug, a smile, or a TURNED back can be an entire conversation.
Play therapy dimensional model: Active Utilization - Answer-•Non-directive/consciously
-Follows the child's lead
-Occasionally makes interpretations to trigger conscious responses from child (move
unconscious into awareness...)
Play therapy dimensional model: Open Discussion and Exploration -
Answer-•Directive/conscious
, -Immersed in play providing structure and direction
-Openly and directly discussing issues an making interpretations to invite to consciously process
(structured approach ex: CBT play therapy. The therapist leads based on issues/what's needed
and discusses interpretations with them. Working together
Play therapy dimensional model: Nonintrusive Responding -
Answer-•Non-directive/Unconscious
-Maintains a stance of non-evaluative acceptance
-Serves as a witness who follows child's lead
-Child initiates and directs play (therapist provides space, interpretations are not important for
the process.)
Play therapy dimensional model: Co-facilitation - Answer-•Directive/Unconscious
-Shares the power with the child in an egalitarian relationship
-Serves as a co-facilitator
-Playing with child and deliberately staying with child's metaphors
-Interpretations and directions (bringing into the conscious isn't the goal)
Restating content
(NOT used in Ecosystemic, Gestalt, and Theraplay therapies, typically used less than tracking,
& used more in the beginning/middle of nondirective approaches than in the directive
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