• Manage play techniques in therapy according to the clients’ needs;
• Ensure good rapport between client and therapist and progress in therapy;
• Deal with transference and counter-transference issues while using play in therapy;
• Conduct time-framed interventions / therapy leading to resolution of the identified difficulty / difficulties;
• Employ appropriate balance between empathy and assertiveness in therapy;
• Guide the client in working towards therapeutic goals;
• Manage issues surrounding termination of therapy.

• Outline different play-based techniques used with children and adolescents;
• Identify ways to interpret play sessions whilst taking into account transference and counter-transference issues;
• Describe Brief Solution Focused Therapy Techniques;
• Identify methods of dealing with transference and counter-transference issues.

• Work effectively with different clients using play tehniques;
• Apply methods of transference and counter-transference;
• Interpret play sessions according to evidence-based theories/approaches;
• Devise goals together with client and methods of how the client can move towards them;
• Plan sessions to arrive at a resolution of client’s difficulties / challenges within a time-frame;
• help clients move on in therapy and reach therapeutic outcomes within a timeframe;
• Work with clients who offer different challenges during the process;
• Terminate therapy effectively;
• Practice the ability and evaluate transference and countertransference issues.

This module will be assessed through: Practical Assignment.

Core Reading List

1. Schaefer, C.E. & Cangelosi, D. (2016), Essential Play Therapy Techniques: Time-Tested Approaches, Guilford Publications, New York
2. Ratner H., George E. and Iveson C (2012), Solution Focused Brief Therapy, 100 Keypoints and Techniques, Routledge London & New York
3. The Skilled Helper (2021). Robert Reese & Gerard Egan. Cengage Learning EMEA.
4. Oelsner R (Ed). (2013), Transference and Countertransference Today, Routledge, London & New York

Supplementary Reading List

1. Kaduson, H., & Schaefer, C. (2010). 101 Favorite Play Therapy Techniques. Jason Aronson, Inc: United Kingdom.
2. Conte C. (2009) Advanced Techniques for Counseling and Psychotherapy, Springer Publishing Compnay.