Structured Play Therapy

1 Structured play TherapyGuiding the Child s Healing ProcessByJaneLJohnsonLLCLCSWRPTSBy Jane L. Johnson, LLC, LCSW, RPT W. Drake Rd., #141 Fort Collins, CO 80526 Making the Case for Structuring play Therapy In using any theoretical model and its methods and techniques we have to account for its validity and effectiveness in accomplishing the therapeutic goals we want the child to accomplish. Directive techniques have been demonstrated to be effective both immediately after treatment and then one year later (Reddy, Files & Schaefer, 2005) They provide rapid change in targeted symptoms, manualized instructions that are easy to understand and use, and standardized intervention protocolsWhy use directive techniques? After all Child Centered play Therapists say that we need to trust the child to lead the course of Therapy in a gradual and natural manner;believethechildiscapableofsolving manner; believe the child is capable of solving his problems.

3 Release Play Therapy Theory ‐Children use play to heal from painful experiences. When they can’t do that self‐healing play they need

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