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KMID : 1037320190120010001
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Korean Journal of Infant Mental Health
2019 Volume.12 No. 1 p.1 ~ p.36
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Play Themes in Child-Centered Play Therapy with a Child of Divorced Parents: Nine Factors of BETPT
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Jun Eun-Hee
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Abstract
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Employing play themes to describe play sessions contents and the underlying play therapy process is important for evidence based practice in child-centered play therapy. In this article, a child with divorced parents was intervened in child-centered play therapy for 46 sessions and the play themes were analyzed with the nine factors of Benedict’s Expanded Themes in Play Therapy(BETPT) to identify specific play contents and the underlying process of play themes
change in play therapy. As a result of this study, the major play theme factors are Empowerment/Loss of self-control, Uncertainty/Loss, Safety, and Attack/Protect from self. This study found the specific process of change in play sessions by the analysis of play themes. Moreover, the child’s emotional and behavioral problems decreased in the play therapy sessions. This study has a great deal of significance in that the analysis of play themes helps child-centered
play therapy to identify what works for whom and when in play sessions.
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KEYWORD
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child-centered play therapy, evidence based practice, play themes, child with divorced parents, BETPT
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