Child and Adolescent Wk 4: Child Centered Play Therapy – Flashcards
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Child centered therapy is:
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How you interact with the child. -It is not about diagnosis, symptoms, or treatment
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Child centered therapy is:
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Non directive therapy
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Child centered therapy is based off of:
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Carl Rogers' Person Centered Therapy modality
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True or False: Children are miniature adults
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FALSE: and we should not respond to them as if they were.
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True or False: Children are people.
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True: They are capable of feeling deep emotional pain and joy.
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True or False: Children are unique and worthy of respect
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TRUE: The therapist prizes the unique of each child, and respects who they are as a person
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True or False: Children are not resilient.
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FALSE: children possess a tremendous capacity to overcome obstacles and circumstances.
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True or False: Children have an inherent tendency towards growth and maturity
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TRUE: they possess an inner intuitive wisdom.
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True or False: Children are NOT capable of positive self direction.
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FALSE: They are capable of dealing with their world in creative ways
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True or False: Children's natural language is play.
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True: This is the medium of self expression in which they feel the most comfortable.
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True or False: Children do NOT have the right to remain silent.
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FALSE: The child has every right to remain silent. Respect their decision not to talk.
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True or False: Children will take the therapeutic experience where they need it to be.
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TRUE: The therapist does not attempt to determine when, or how a child should play.
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True or False: Children's growth can be sped up.
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FALSE: the therapist recognized this and is patient with the child's developmental process! :)
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True or False: All children have an internal strive for growth self actualization.
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TRUE: this is where in psychopathology we see adjustment and maladjustment come into play.
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Adjustment
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Basic needs are satisfied
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Maladjustment
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When there is incongruities between what is actually experienced and the concept of the self
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The three most important components to being a child centered play therapist:
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1. Being Real (genuine, don't lie, being vs. Doing) 2. Being warm, caring and accepting: of the FULL person that they are. 3. Sensitive Understanding: through emotional interactions, we learn to understand the child's world and experiences.
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True or False: Do child centered therapists typically reject treatment plans?
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TRUE: they typically reject plans to avoid pushing the child client into directions (our way of not controlling).
