“…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.…”