Ecosystemic Theory
Ecosystemic Play Therapists define this as the primary identified client
Who is The individual child?
This intervention is recommended if the child needs better problem-solving abilities
What is an individual intervention?
This indirect intervention involves the therapist directly intervening in a system on behalf of a client
What is Advocacy Intervention?
This interpretation verbalizes the child's underlying affect or motivations
What is a reflection?
Direct discussion of a child's feelings is an example of this component of an ecosystemic play therapy session
What is cognitive/verbal component?
In Ecosystemic Play Therapy, psychopathology is identified as this?
What is an inability to get needs met consistently without interfering with the needs of others
Interventions such as Child-Parent Relational Therapy and Parent-Child Interaction Therapy fall into this category of Ecosystemic Intervention
What are dyadic interventions?
This intervention may involves the Play Therapist problem solving with the child's school and teachers
What is Education Intervention?
This interpretation is used when behaviors are repeated
What is a pattern interpretation?
An ecosystemic intake evaluation begins with these three sessions
A parent consultation, a child assessment, and a family observation assessment
He developed the Ecosystemic Play Therapy model
Who is Kevin O'Connor?
Enrolling a child in a therapy group falls into this category of Ecosystemic Intervention
What are peer interventions?
This intervention is best when a system is inviting a therapist perspective to support the child in a setting
What is Consultation Intervention?
This interpretation connects the child's behavior and their inner working model of self
What is a simple dynamic?
This context includes taking into consideration the generational influences and impacts
What is the temporal / historical context?
This theory states that there is no single objective reality, but instead each of us constructs our own reality from our interactions with others and the environment
What is the phenomenological perspective?
This intervention involves utilizing non-directive play therapy skills to address the presenting problem
What is experiential problem solving?
This intervention works when there is an interdisplinary team that shares a common goal
What is Collaboration?
This interpretation connects the child's play to elements in their real life experiences
What is a generalized dynamic?
In Ecosystemic process the therapeutic relationship is understood to have these two functions
What is a healing therapeutic agent in itself and a working alliance?
This tool maps major events alongside a child's developmental growth
What is the Developmental Integration of Intake Information form?
This intervention is recommended when the entire family system needs to communicate better
What is family intervention?
Indirect interventions are recommended under these conditions
When a child cannot succeed unless the system changes
This interpretation brings awareness to how current problems are connect to past experiences
What is genetic interpretation?
To plan an Ecosystemic play therapy session, the therapist would identify these 7 things
What are session goal, participants, materials, experiential components, cognitive/verbal components, collaborative components, and outcome measure?