Transcription of PSYCHOANALYTIC PLAY THERAPY
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1 Chapter 1 PSYCHOANALYTIC PLAY THER APYR ichard N. BromfieldAs he did for so many other forms of treatment, Sigmund Freud laid the founda-tion for psychodynamic play THERAPY . His work with and thinking about his adultpatients inspired new insights into the emotional development and experiences ofchildren, particularly the profound relationship of children s psyches, bodies, andsexuality (1905). Although he clinically focused on adults, his informal analysesof his own children and treatment of Little Hans, a five-year-old boy with a horsephobia (1909/1955), and his working backward toward the early experiences ofhis adult patients, set the stage for the logical next step of treating von Hug-Hellmuth, a teacher in Vienna, became the first to formallytreat children with talk and play.
Therapy provides a troubled child a place safe from physical and psychological harm, where she can let her guard down sufficiently to explore her thoughts, feelings, and life. This type of therapy believes, along with the child-centered ... making it a concrete reality she can wres-tle with more comfortably (Jacobson, 1954). Instead of being ...
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