The difficulties and coping strategies of novice play therapists.

• Main Authors: Huang, Mei Fang, 黃梅芳
• Other Authors: Chung, Shi Kai
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2008
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/26289698626394014021

碩士 === 國立政治大學 === 心理學研究所 === 96 === The purpose of this study was to explore the difficulties and the coping strategies during the play therapy of the registered health professionals had encountered. This study used in-depth interviewing to interview four novice play therapists that were counselor, social worker, clinical psychologist and psychiatrist, and adopted qualitative research approach to analyze data. The results showed that the original context of professional training for learning play therapy to be useful, but their learning effects might also be subject to the original professional training structure and thinking mode. The practical difficulties of the novices encountered were included: the obstacles of client’s care system, the problems of the environment for treatment, how to respond to the skills, communication and cooperation with different discipline, the difficulties of learning play therapy, and had more sensitive awareness for the treatment of the effect about countertransference and personal issues. The coping strategies were as followed: self-study, participate in workshops, supervision and self-adjustment. Steering through the process of supervision, adjusting their own perceptions, ideas and expectations and used by the professional manner of self-adjustment, could be effective assistance in the difficulties. Looking at the difficult position and breakthrough to the novice play therapists comprehensively was a constant self-awareness and professional growth process.