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Nondirective Play Therapy

This research examines the application of nondirective play therapy in a school setting, from the standpoint of a school psychologist. The research will set forth a general overview and working definition of directive and nondirective play therapy and then discuss how the tools of nondirective play therapy has been employed to help children with psychological problems, with a view toward identifying how play therapy in a classroom setting may benefit the clients' academic performance as well as the teachers.

For the reason that the term play therapy combines two simple words in a way that implies their connection to the whole range of psychology subdisciplines, it would appear that a definition of the practice would be simple to arrive at. However, defining the discipline with precision has proven to be somewhat of a complex enterprise because the conditions under which therapy proceeds are in part a function of therapist background and psychology-theory orientation. This point is made by White and Allers (1994), who say that inconsistencies in the definition of the term reflect the variety of psychotherapeutic subsidciplines and the severity of symptoms approached by play therapists. Citing the Association for Play Therapy, Reynolds and Stanley (2001, p. 351) describe play therapy as "the systematic use of a theoretical model to establish an interpersonal process wherein trained play therapists use the therapeutic powers of play to help clients prevent or resolve psychosocial difficulties and achieve optimal growth and development." According to Gil, the emphasis of play therapy should be on enabling the natural ability to play, i.e., to communicate by word or action, that is available to most children, with a view toward bringing concerns to the surface, resolving them, and thereby psychologically healing the whole person. Ciottone and Madonna (1996) use the terms synergistic play therapy and the orthogenetic principle to describe...

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Nondirective Play Therapy. (1969, December 31). In LotsofEssays.com. Retrieved 09:01, March 29, 2024, from https://www.lotsofessays.com/viewpaper/1683089.html