Important events in consultation process of play therapy in the school.

• Main Authors: Liao, Yu-hsuan, 廖雨萱
• Other Authors: Yeh, Chen-Ping
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2018
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/48vwjr

碩士 === 臺北市立大學 === 心理與諮商學系 === 106 === The purpose of the study was to explore parents’ and school play therapists’ perceptions of the important events during the consulting process of the play therapy, and to com pare the similarities and differences between their perceptions.The discovery-oriented process study method of the qualitative research is used for the investigation. And the method of data collection is using semi-structured in-depth interviews based on the experience of two pairs of respondents actually participating in the consultation. The results of the study are listed as below: 1. The important events of parental awareness are related to the needs and parental status of the consultation. The important events perceived by the play therapist reflect its multiple roles and tasks. 2. There are 5 important events that parents and school play therapists have pointed out, including “understanding children widely and deeply”, “clarifying and extending paren ting knowledge and skills”, “parental approval and reassurance”, “extending the understanding of the play therapy”, and “seeking suitable ways to work together betw-een parents and therapist”. 3. Due to the difference in roles, there will be situations in which parents and therapists focus on different sides in the similar important event. For example, the perception of parents is “tracking the progress of children” and the perception of play therapists is “tracking the change of children and related systems“. 4. Parents' perceptions of “working together to explore strategies for solving children's issues” and the perception of “didn't reaching problem-solving immediately” by play therapists show that the two sides attach equal importance to the problem-solving in the consultation process, but the awareness is different. 5. The important events of unilateral perception reflect the difference between the role and the perception of both sides. Among them, the important event that only the parents perceive is “Treating kindly by the play therapist”. In addition, the other important events that only the play therapists perceive are “Exploring important topics for the children intently”, and “Empowering parents”. Finally, based on the findings concluded reflections and recommendations for mental health professionals and future researchers.