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Child and Adolescent Psychiatric... Apr 2013Children of latency age have typically outgrown dramatic play but have not yet developed the ability to talk about their thoughts and feelings in therapy; at this stage...
Children of latency age have typically outgrown dramatic play but have not yet developed the ability to talk about their thoughts and feelings in therapy; at this stage they often play structured board games, during their own playtime and during therapy sessions. This article discusses ways to use board-game play therapeutically, by watching the way children stretch and bend the rules to display their psychological self-states, and by interpreting their experiences within the play.
Topics: Child; Humans; Play Therapy; Play and Playthings; Psychotherapy
PubMed: 23538014
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The International Journal of Eating... Sep 2019The current case presentation examines the treatment and recovery of a 5-year-old girl diagnosed with comorbid anorexia nervosa and major depressive disorder....
OBJECTIVE
The current case presentation examines the treatment and recovery of a 5-year-old girl diagnosed with comorbid anorexia nervosa and major depressive disorder. Researchers have shown that children as young as 3-years-old may be dissatisfied with their bodies and have concerns about their weight. This case presentation of a 5-year-old child demonstrates that the age range defining early onset of eating disorders can span into early childhood, which requires treatment tailored to the developmental level of these young children.
METHOD
A new method "focused family play therapy" was applied. It goes beyond free play or structured play therapy, in that the therapist involves the parents in the play and not only models the situation which creates the child's fears, but also shows through dolls how to be brave and overcome the fears.
RESULTS
The current case report demonstrates how the combination of refeeding the child during family meals, participating in focused family play therapy to help the child overcome her fears of eating, and prescribing sertraline to treat her depression was an effective treatment for both the anorexia nervosa and depression.
DISCUSSION
This technique may be effective with children ranging in age from 3 to 6 years.
Topics: Anorexia Nervosa; Child, Preschool; Comorbidity; Depression; Family Therapy; Female; Humans; Play Therapy; Treatment Outcome
PubMed: 31273826
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Pain Management Nursing : Official... Jun 2015Children undergoing surgical procedures commonly experience stress and anxiety, exhibit negative behaviors, and complain of postoperative pain. Parents also experience... (Review)
Review
The effectiveness of therapeutic play intervention in reducing perioperative anxiety, negative behaviors, and postoperative pain in children undergoing elective surgery: a systematic review.
Children undergoing surgical procedures commonly experience stress and anxiety, exhibit negative behaviors, and complain of postoperative pain. Parents also experience anxiety when their children undergo surgery. Therapeutic play intervention has been used to prepare hospitalized children for invasive medical procedures for decades. However, there has been no systematic review to examine the effectiveness of therapeutic play intervention for improving children's health-related outcomes such as perioperative anxiety and postoperative pain. The aim of this review was to synthesize current empirical evidence on the effectiveness of therapeutic play intervention in reducing perioperative anxiety, negative behaviors, and postoperative pain in children undergoing elective surgery and in reducing their parents' perioperative anxiety. Systematic searches of electronic databases of the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, PubMed, ProQuest Dissertations and Theses, Scopus, and Web of Science and screening of the reference lists of included articles from these databases identified studies on the topic. Relevant studies were methodologically assessed and appraised by two independent reviewers using the Joanna Briggs Institute Meta-Analysis of Statistics Assessment and Review Instrument. Six studies were identified. The outcome measurements were heterogeneous across all six studies. These studies had conflicting outcomes regarding the effectiveness of therapeutic play intervention in children's perioperative anxiety, negative behaviors, and postoperative pain. Two studies showed that the intervention significantly reduced parents' preoperative anxiety. The current empirical evidence on the effectiveness of therapeutic play intervention in children's perioperative anxiety, negative behaviors, and postoperative pain is inconclusive. More studies on the effectiveness of therapeutic play intervention using rigorous designs and involving parents are needed.
Topics: Anxiety; Child; Child, Preschool; Elective Surgical Procedures; Emotions; Humans; Intraoperative Care; Pain Measurement; Pain, Postoperative; Play Therapy
PubMed: 26025800
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmn.2014.08.011 -
Scandinavian Journal of Occupational... Dec 2019Despite indisputable developmental benefits of outdoor play, children with disabilities can experience play inequity. Play decisions are multifactorial; influenced by...
BACKGROUND
Despite indisputable developmental benefits of outdoor play, children with disabilities can experience play inequity. Play decisions are multifactorial; influenced by children's skills and their familial and community environments. Government agencies have responsibilities for equity and inclusion of people with disabilities; including in play.
AIM
This multiple-perspective case study aimed to understand outdoor play decision-making for children with disabilities from the perspectives and interactions of: local government and families of primary school-aged children with disabilities.
MATERIAL AND METHOD
Five mothers, four local government employees, and two not-for-profit organization representatives participated in semi-structured interviews. Inductive and iterative analyzes involved first understanding perspectives of individuals, then stakeholders (local government and families), and finally similarities and differences through cross-case analysis.
FINDINGS
Local government focused more on physical access, than social inclusion. Local government met only minimal requirements and had little engagement with families. This resulted in poor understanding and action around family needs and preferences when designing public outdoor play spaces.
CONCLUSION AND SIGNIFICANCE
To increase meaningful choice and participation in outdoor play, government understanding of family values and agency around engagement with local government needs to improve. Supporting familial collective capabilities requires understanding interactions between individuals, play, disability, and outdoor play environments.
Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Australia; Child; Child, Preschool; Decision Making; Disabled Persons; Exercise; Family; Female; Government Programs; Humans; Infant; Male; Parks, Recreational; Play Therapy
PubMed: 29514540
DOI: 10.1080/11038128.2018.1447010 -
Child Psychiatry and Human Development Apr 2018The one-session treatment (OST) approach for SPs is deemed well-established, and has been found to be highly effective for older children and adults; however, has not...
The one-session treatment (OST) approach for SPs is deemed well-established, and has been found to be highly effective for older children and adults; however, has not yet been trialled with very young children. The present study examines the preliminary effectiveness of play-modified OST for young children with a SP of dogs, using a multiple baseline controlled case series design. Treatment involved play modified one-session of intensive cognitive-behavioural therapy (OST plus Play) which was followed by brief telephone delivered maintenance calls over the 3 weeks immediately following treatment. Four young children (4 years of age) participated and symptoms were assessed at pre-treatment, across a 1-3 week baseline phase, immediately following the OST plus Play, and at 1 and 3 months follow-up. Visual inspection provided evidence for stability of symptoms across the baseline phase, followed by reductions in symptoms over the course of treatment and follow-up. Non-parametric analyses offered further support, with significant improvements in following the intensive OST plus Play intervention.
Topics: Animals; Child; Child, Preschool; Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; Dogs; Female; Humans; Male; Phobic Disorders; Play Therapy; Research Design; Treatment Outcome
PubMed: 28766176
DOI: 10.1007/s10578-017-0752-x -
The International Journal of... Dec 2019Child analysts increasingly appreciate that play can stand on its own as a mutative process. When the analyst shares a child's "play state," her participation creates a...
Child analysts increasingly appreciate that play can stand on its own as a mutative process. When the analyst shares a child's "play state," her participation creates a transitional space in which a therapeutic process is enhanced. During play, children experiment with new, improvisational ways of sharing and negotiating meaning between themselves and another. The child and analyst co-create a new lived-experience that can be organized and integrated into a different narrative about the child and his world. This paper demonstrates, through a clinical illustration, how the analyst's participation in play works therapeutically.
Topics: Child; Communication; Countertransference; Female; Humans; Narration; Play Therapy; Professional-Patient Relations; Psychoanalytic Therapy; Transference, Psychology; Unconscious, Psychology
PubMed: 33945739
DOI: 10.1080/00207578.2019.1642758 -
Journal of the Association of Pediatric... 1988
Topics: Art Therapy; Child; Child Development; Humans; Neoplasms; Play Therapy
PubMed: 3385631
DOI: 10.1177/104345428800500120 -
Journal of Consulting Psychology Jun 1960
Topics: Play Therapy; Play and Playthings; Projective Techniques
PubMed: 13850211
DOI: 10.1037/h0043980 -
Advancing Clinical Care : Official... 1989Play therapy is a viable nursing intervention used in a multitude of settings and in a multidisciplinary fashion. Therapeutic play interventions can be directed or...
Play therapy is a viable nursing intervention used in a multitude of settings and in a multidisciplinary fashion. Therapeutic play interventions can be directed or non-directed, as well as used in recreational, therapeutic, or dramatic forms. Children need play opportunities.
Topics: Child; Humans; Pediatric Nursing; Play Therapy
PubMed: 2789634
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The Journal of Analytical Psychology Feb 2015Sandplay therapy with couples is discussed within an analytical framework. Guidelines are proposed as a means of developing this relatively new area within sandplay...
Sandplay therapy with couples is discussed within an analytical framework. Guidelines are proposed as a means of developing this relatively new area within sandplay therapy, and as a platform to open a wider discussion to bring together sandplay therapy and couple therapy. Examples of sand trays created during couple therapy are also presented to illustrate the transformations during the therapeutic process.
Topics: Countertransference; Couples Therapy; Humans; Jungian Theory; Play Therapy; Transference, Psychology
PubMed: 25610960
DOI: 10.1111/1468-5922.12128