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Chapter 17 Play Therapy

Choose four different play therapy techniques. Describe and discuss how those techniques might be used. Is there one technique that you like above the others?

Puppet Play: Family Puppet Interview: The therapist will show the client and their family dozens of puppets and then ask them to choose a puppet to represent them and their story. The stories that are being told can reveal family dynamics.

Role Play: The therapist and client may act out a situation in which the client is anxious, such as the first day of school so that the child can understand why they are excited and realize they do not need to be nervous. By putting new behaviors into practice, children can learn new ways to cope with being anxious.

Creative Arts: Color Your Life: The therapist and client may collaborate to determine which colors represent emotions, such as blue for sadness, red for anger, and yellow for happiness. The therapist can then ask the client to draw a timeline of their life, using different colors to represent other emotions. The therapist may also request that the client illustrate various aspects of their life, such as school or sports.

Imaginary and Fantasy: Dollhouse Play: The therapist may give the client a dollhouse and dolls representing their family members. The therapist can then ask the client to act out four different everyday scenarios in their own home: bedtime, dinnertime, playtime, and clean-up time to learn more about the client's family dynamics.

I prefer Dollhouse Play because it allows the client to feel comfortable using the house to demonstrate what scenarios are happening in their home, which aids in determining the family dynamic.

Compare and contrast two different types of family play therapy. Include which has the greatest appeal to you and your reasons.

Group Play Therapy- Play therapy groups can benefit children aged 2 to 12 who have similar problems or experiences affecting their behavior. Children learn to trust themselves and others, develop social skills, and become aware of their options in various situations. The group also enables them to be concerned and have compassion for others while also accepting of themselves.

Family-Based Play Therapy, the client, the parents, the client's siblings, and the therapist all participate. Family-based play therapy incorporates play into treatment with families, allowing everyone in the family to open up and help bring people together during the sessions. For example, Using the Family Puppet Interview model, therapists may ask children to name the puppets, create a story from beginning to end, and present the story to the therapist during family sessions. Finally, children who have witnessed domestic violence by one or both parents may struggle to communicate with one another. Puppets provide a safe space for children to express their emotions and interact with one another.

Family-based play therapy appeals to me because the emphasis is on the child, allowing the child to express themselves freely in the presence of a parent. In addition, the family puppet method will ensure that the child is strong enough to progress in sharing their feelings, emotions, and interpersonal conflict in a situation involving abuse.

Chapter 18 Group Counseling with Children

Explain the stages of group development.

Beginning: Orientation and exploration begin with getting acquainted, determining the group's structure, and exploring members' expectations.

Transition: This involves group members putting each other and possibly the leader to the test. The members experiment with the new relationships and the process of deciding whether or not to trust.

Working: As the members begin to accept one another, they progress from the working stage to the cohesive and productive phase.

Ending: This is the group's final stage, in which members evaluate what they have accomplished and then leave the group experience. This stage is critical for consolidation and termination.

Differentiate the group models such as group therapy, group counseling, group preventive processes and group crisis counseling.

Group therapy addresses unconscious motivations to change the group members' personalities.

Group counseling is goal-oriented, preventive, and corrective. The focus is on each person's behavior and development as group members attempt to develop or change within the group and with the group's assistance. Prevention groups can be used as a stand-alone intervention or an essential component of a more extensive prevention program. As a result, prevention includes both wellness and risk reduction.

The goal of a group crisis is to reduce the stress of the event, support the person involved, and improve the person's coping abilities. The purpose of prevention groups is to build members' strengths and competencies while also providing them with the knowledge and skills they need to avoid dangerous situations or mental health problems.

Choose and discuss five group leadership skills and five group leader personal characteristics.

Group Leadership Skills

Collaborative consultation with targeted populations to enhance the ecological validity of planned group interventions.

Encourage participation

Provide appropriate self-disclosure

Maintain group focus, keeping a group on task

Giving and receiving feedback in a group

Group Leader Personal Characteristics

Presence-genuine caring for clients

Courage-ability to take risks and be vulnerable

Goodwill, genuineness, and caring-sincere interest in the well-being of others behaving without pretense

Being aware of subtle cultural issues-increasing awareness of our prejudices and biases and confronting prejudicial attitudes or remarks in the group

Personal power-knowing who you are and what you want, a sense of confidence in self

Henderson, D. A., & Thompson, C. L. (2015). Counseling children (9th ed.). Cengage Learning.

50 play therapy techniques, toys and certification opportunities. (2019, September 27). PositivePsychology.com. https://positivepsychology.com/play-therapy/

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