Use of Fantasy Communications in Child Psychotherapy

Gondor, Lily H.

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“…These "metaphorical interpretations" (Ekstein, 1983) were to reduce the level of anxiety the child experienced. A variety of therapeutic media, including storytelling (Brandell, 1984;Brooks, 198 1 ; Gardner, 197 1; Kritzberg, 1975), puppetry (Bender & Woltmann, 1936;Gondor, 1957), drawing and painting (Rambert, 1949)) and use of clay (Woltmann, 1950) were used to generate play themes. Interpretations were considered to be one important element in the sequence of "uncovering" processes in child psychotherapy (i. e. , confrontation, clarification, inter-pretation, working through; Langs, 1973) which were similar in nature to the work of adult psychoanalytic psychotherapy.…”

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Evolution of practice in child psychotherapy.

Koocher¹,

D’Angelo²

1992

History of Psychotherapy: A Century of Change.

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Perhaps the earliest account of child psychotherapy recorded in the scholarly literature was Jean-Marc Itard's attempts to "civilize" the "wild boy of Aveyron" (1799/1932). The child, found living in the wild, was estimated to be between 10 and 12 years old and to have been on his own since the age of 2 or 3. Itard was only 25 years old at the time, but he disagreed with the diagnosis of congenital idiocy assigned by Pinel, Itard's teacher. The intensive efforts Itard invested in working with the boy he named Victor over the next 5% years laid the foundation for early work with severely disturbed children.Itard used an intensive approach (i.e., bringing the child into his home and devoting many hours to working with him daily) while trying to establish interpersonal contact and teach basic communication skills to the child, whose behavior fit the description of what might today be called autism. Victor made promising progress during his first year with Itard, learning to speak some words and to write some with chalk. Although Victor lived to the age of 40, he showed little progress beyond the gains of his initial year.

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Evolution of practice in child psychotherapy.

Koocher¹,

D’Angelo²

1992

History of Psychotherapy: A Century of Change.

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“…Stories and storytelling nevertheless constitute an important activity of the psychodynamically-oriented child therapist. Oftentimes, stories are elicited by the child therapist in conjunction with other therapeutic activities, such as puppetry (Bender, 1936;Gondor, 1957;Woltmann, 1940Woltmann, , 1951; finger painting (Arlow, 1946); drawing and water-* Requests for reprints should be sent to Jerrold R. Brandell, Ph.D., School of Social Work, Michigan State University, 254 Baker Hall, East Lansing, MI 48824.…”

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“…Other writers, such as Gondor (1957), have asserted that the selection of a mode for communicating fantasies should depend entirely on the child's own preference, and the therapist's motivation and ingenuity in helping the child to discover the best way to express those fantasies. Gondor illustrates this process with a clinical example for a 10-year-old client who was very withdrawn and found direct verbal communication to be most difficult.…”

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“…Stories and storytelling nevertheless constitute an important activity of the psychodynamically-oriented child therapist. Oftentimes, stories are elicited by the child therapist in conjunction with other therapeutic activities, such as puppetry (Bender, 1936;Gondor, 1957;Woltmann, 1940Woltmann, , 1951; finger painting (Arlow, 1946); drawing and water-color painting (Rambert, 1949); costume play (Marcus, 1966); and clay modeling (Woltmann, 1950). Doll-play has also proved to be a rich source of stories and fantasies (Millar, 1974), and is generally regarded as an indispensable tool for the child therapist.…”

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“…Exponents of the Kleinian school of play therapy (Klein, 1955) might even object to a technique where the child is required to produce an autogenic story on the grounds that it imposes an unnecessary structure on the flow of material from the unconscious, or that it restricts expression to the level of verbal communication. Other writers, such as Gondor (1957), have asserted that the selection of a mode for communicating fantasies should depend entirely on the child's own preference, and the therapist's motivation and ingenuity in helping the child to discover the best way to express those fantasies. Gondor illustrates this process with a clinical example for a 10-year-old client who was very withdrawn and found direct verbal communication to be most difficult.…”

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Stories and storytelling in child psychotherapy.

Brandell¹

1984

Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice, Training

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This paper explores the therapeutic use of stories and storytelling in psychodynamically-oriented child psychotherapy. A historical overview of stories and storytelling activities in therapeutic work with children is provided. While early attempts to utilize children's stories are neither systematic nor independent of other therapeutic procedures, they do foreshadow other more contemporary approaches to storytelling in clinical work with children. Kritzberg's Structured Therapeutic Game Method of Child Analytic Therapy and Gardner's Mutual Storytelling Technique are discussed in detail, and a clinical vignette illustrating the MST is provided.

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Tears into diamonds: Transformation of child psychic trauma through sandplay and storytelling

Miller¹,

Boe²

1990

The Arts in Psychotherapy

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Stories and storytelling in child psychotherapy.

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