Play Therapy Skills (Basic)
Therapist verbally responds to behavior of the child by stating what is observed
What is Tracking Behavior?
Collectively these IDM interventions prompt deeper growth of supervisees and encourage self-reflection
What are facilitative interventions?
She outlined 8 core principles for applying Rogerian person-centered psychotherapy to work with children and laid the foundation for child-centered play therapy
Who is Virginia Axline
This minimum number of hours of Play Therapy continuing education is required to attain the RPT credential
What is 150 hours?
This theory focuses on returning responsibility to the child and allowing them to play out what they need to with as little direction from the therapist as possible
What is Child-Centered Play Therapy?
Therapist paraphrases the verbal interaction of the child
What is Reflecting Content?
What are conceptualization skills?
This husband and wife team pioneered the practice of teaching child-centered play skills to parents and making them the therapeutic agents of change in treatment?
Who are the Guerney's (Louise & Bernard)
An Registered Play Therapist must practice for this minimum of years before applying for the RPT-S credential
What is 3 years?
This theory of play therapy focuses on using charts to measure behaviors over time and see if coping skills are reducing a specific behavior
What is Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy?
This 3-step procedure to control unwanted behaviors involves reflecting the child’s intention of feeling, verbalizing a boundary, and providing an appropriate alternative
What is Limit Setting?
Before beginning play therapy supervision, the supervisor and supervisee should discuss and sign this document
What is a play supervision contract?
Currently director of the Center for Play Therapy at University of North Texas, she has been a prolific author and researcher of Play Therapy and developed the Play Therapist Skills Checklist (PTSC)
Who is Dee Ray?
As of 2019, only someone with this credential can provide play therapy supervision
What is an RPT-S?
This Play Therapy theory focuses on the authenticity of the Play Therapist and negotiating limits and power dynamics in the playroom
What is Adlerian?
Therapist notices and verbalizes patterns in the child’s play
What is Reflecting Deeper Meaning?
Research shows that this factor is highly correlated with supervisees overall satisfaction of their supervisor
What is a Play Therapist identity?
She pioneer a theory of Play Therapy focused on building attachment between children and their parents using simple games often involving therapeutic touch
Who is Phyllis Boothe?
Play Therapy experience must be accrued for a minimum of this many years to attain the RPT credential
What is two years?
This theory harnesses children’s creativity and imagination to facilitate expression through artistic and dramatic mediums
What is Gestalt?
Therapist verbalizes statements to help children experience their own capability and take ownership of their choices
What is Returning Responsibility to the Child?
This phenomenon describes how use of play in supervision to develop strengths and resiliency, mirrors the use of play in therapy (two words)
What is parallel process?
A specialized in the treatment of child trauma and a prolific author, she is often credited for leading the development Integrative Play Therapy and Family Play Therapy technqiues
Who is Eliana Gil?
Play Therapist supervisors must observe at least this many play sessions by supervisees over the course of their supervision
This theory focuses on using play as a way to access the collective unconscious and tap into the child’s natural ability to heal
What is Jungian?