Psychoanalytic Play Therapy

This course provides an introduction to psychoanalytic play therapy, an ambitious treatment that helps alleviate troubling childhood behaviors and symptoms, and strives to address their underlying causes. Class participants will explore the following areas: 1) Current status of the field, 2) Key concepts, 3) Distinctive features, 4) Child development, 5) Theory of play, 6) Evaluation process, 7) Treatment recommendations, 8) The framework of treatment, 9) Children’s modes of communication, and 10) Phases of therapy, objectives, & psychoanalytic technique. Case presentation will be given with a special emphasis on clinical process.