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ERIC Number: EJ314318
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1985
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Play Therapy.
Schaefer, Charles E.
Early Child Development and Care, v19 n1-2 p95-108 1985
Describes the three major approaches to play therapy: psychoanalytic, structured, and relationship approaches. Discussion focuses on problems of interpretation in the psychoanalytic approach, release of pent-up emotions in the structured approach, and phases of play and therapist guidelines in nondirective, relationship therapy. (RH)
Descriptors: Play Therapy, Psychiatry, Psychotherapy
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Klein (Melanie); Nondirective Therapy; Rogers (Carl)
Note: Thematic Issue: Children's Play