Assignment task:
Play Therapy: The art of the relationship (Chapters 1-5)
Unit 2 Discussion
In Chapter 1, Landreth identifies several principles for relationships with children. What are your thoughts about these principles. Are there other principles that you have adopted from your experiences either working with children or being around children that are key to helping build a relationship with children. In your opinion, in what way does the child-therapist relationship impact the child's play and the play therapy process (Ch 2)?
As mentioned previously, child-centered play therapy is a foundational theory for play therapy. From your assigned reading, you will quickly note that it does not deviate much from the original Rogerian theory. Based off of the information presented in Ch.5, how would you describe the key concepts of child-centered play therapy to a lay person. What about the goals of child-centered play? How would you describe the objectives of child-centered play therapy?
Reference: Landreth, G. (2023). Play therapy: The art of the relationship (4th ed.). NY: Brunner-Routledge.