History/Development of CCPT
Garry Landreth is known for this approach to play therapy.
What is Child-Centered Play Therapy (CCPT)?
According to the training, play furnishes the child with opportunities to do this with disturbing situations.
What is "act out"?
The play therapist does not focus on this, but rather the whole person of the child.
What is the problem?
Therapeutic responses in CCPT should be this.
What is brief and interactive?
Limits in play therapy should be stated in this manner.
What is a calm, firm, matter-of-fact way?
This organization was founded in 1982 to promote play therapy.
What is the Association for Play Therapy (APT)?
The training suggests that children express themselves more fully through this type of play.
What is self-initiated, spontaneous play?
Child-centered play therapy is based on a deep trust in this
What is the child's inner person and self-direction?
This type of response involves verbally acknowledging the child's body language and facial expressions.
What is non-verbal tracking?
This 3-step model is used for setting limits in play therapy.
What is the ACT model?
This person is known as the "mother of play therapy.
Who is Virginia Axline?
Play therapy provides a means for children to do this, as feelings are often inaccessible verbally.
What is resolving conflicts and communicating feelings?
Limits in CCPT provide this for the child.
What is physical and emotional safety?
Therapists should avoid this when responding to children in CCPT.
What is asking questions?
Limits help anchor the play therapy session to this.
What is reality and the here-and-now?
The main purpose of CCPT is to help children do this.
What is express themselves and develop self-awareness?
According to the training, play allows children to express themselves more fully because they feel more this.
What is comfortable? Safe? Connected?
In CCPT, the therapist communicates these four healing messages to the child.
What are "I am here", "I hear you", "I understand", and "I care"?
Reflecting this allows the child to feel understood and accepted, facilitating deeper exploration.
What are feelings?
Therapists should set limits when needed to protect this.
What is the child, therapist, and/or playroom materials?
This approach, developed by Landreth, trains parents in CCPT skills.
What is Child-Parent Relationship Therapy (CPRT)?
According to the training, well-adjusted children are more likely to exhibit this quality in their play compared to maladjusted children.
What is creativity?
What is exploration?
What is self-expression?
What is social engagement?
What is positive affect?
- Creativity: Well-adjusted children often engage in more imaginative and creative play.
- Exploration: They are more likely to explore the play space and materials freely.
- Self-expression: Their play tends to be more expressive of their true selves.
- Social engagement: Well-adjusted children are more likely to engage socially in their play.
- Positive affect: They tend to display more positive emotions during play.
CCPT aims to achieve these objectives in the therapeutic relationship.
What are:
- Establishing a feeling of safety and permissiveness
- Understanding and accepting the child's world
- Encouraging emotional expression
- Facilitating decision-making and responsibility
Effective CCPT responses facilitate this and return responsibility to the child.
What is decision-making?
Setting limits in play therapy ultimately facilitates the development of these three qualities in children.
What are decision making, self-control, and self-responsibility?