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Parents' and Children's Experiences in Family Play Therapy

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dc.contributor.authorMcMonigle, Catherine Lorraineen
dc.contributor.committeechairMcCollum, Eric E.en
dc.contributor.committeememberGil, Elianaen
dc.contributor.committeememberHuebner, Angela J.en
dc.contributor.departmentHuman Developmenten
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:35:53Zen
dc.date.adate2008-06-02en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:35:53Zen
dc.date.issued2008-04-30en
dc.date.rdate2009-06-02en
dc.date.sdate2008-05-09en
dc.description.abstractFamily Play Therapy is a creative therapeutic approach to engage children in therapy in the context of their family system. While the young field of family play therapy offers both the benefits of family therapy and play therapy, research concerning its efficacy is largely unavailable. The purpose of this qualitative study was to understand the experience of family play therapy in context of child sexual abuse treatment, from the perspective of child clients and their parents. A secondary purpose of this descriptive study was to provide contextual data to inform future quantitative research on family play therapy. In separate, semi-structured and open-ended interviews, eight children and their non-offending parents described their therapy experience of the family puppet interview intervention, in which they created and acted out a story with puppets. Participants' descriptions of their experience revealed five broad themes: (1) the perceived benefits of play (what participants liked), (2) parents feelings about play as a medium, (3) parent's perceived role in the session, (4) children's thoughts about family participation in therapy, and (5) suggestions for improvement. A discussion of the findings' relevance to previous literature, clinical practice and future research, as well as the limitations of this study is provided.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.identifier.otheretd-05092008-122953en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05092008-122953/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/32448en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartCMcMonigle.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectChildrenen
dc.subjectparentsen
dc.subjectexperiencesen
dc.subjectperceptionsen
dc.subjectfamily play therapyen
dc.subjectplay therapyen
dc.titleParents' and Children's Experiences in Family Play Therapyen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplineHuman Developmenten
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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