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KMID : 1094520180210010001
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Korean Journal of Play Therapy
2018 Volume.21 No. 1 p.1 ~ p.23
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Child clients’ experiences of school play therapy: A phenomenological study
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Lee Eun-Ah Kim
Han Hee-Young
Seo In-Sook
Yoo Mee-Sook
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Abstract
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The purpose of the present study was to understand child clients’ experiences and the meaning of school play therapy. Colaizzi’s phenomenological approach was utilized to gather, analyze, and report the findings from the study since we focused on understanding each child client’s individual sense of meaning as well as the more common aspects of the participants. The analyses included three categories, five theme clusters, and seventeen themes. The three categories included: (1) the experience of the play therapy process; (2) the experience of play therapist; (3) the experience of the child himself/herself. Five theme clusters are summarized in the following manner: (1) starting play therapy at school; (2) a special time I seek to treasure my inner self; (3) I feel cared for with love; (4) you and I are together here and now; (5) discovering me that is positively different. These findings are significant in that they help us understand the child clients’ inner voices for the first time. These findings also suggest a number of important implications which can help promote the further application and development of school play therapy
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KEYWORD
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School play therapy, the experience of child client, phenomenological study
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