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Non-Directive Play Therapy with Children Experiencing Psychic TraumaUniversity of York, UK
County Durham and Darlington Priory Services NHS Trust, UK This article describes the process of a brief non-directive play therapy intervention by a trainee therapist with a nine-year-old child who had developed persistent stress reactions to a single traumatic event. An overview of the place of brief non- directive play therapy in the treatment of children and their families for post- traumatic stress disorder is given. Themes in the childs therapy, and the therapists and the parents role are related to post-traumatic and attachment issues. Finally, implications for current therapeutic practise with traumatized children and their families are outlined.
Key Words: attachment child therapy child therapy training non-directive play therapy post- traumatic stress disorder
Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, Vol. 6, No. 3,
437-453 (2001) This article has been cited by other articles:
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