What the Research Shows About Play Therapy: Twenty‐First Century Update

Ray, Dee C.; Bratton, Sue

doi:10.1002/9781118269626.ch1

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“…A review of the CCPT literature found approximately 110 outcome studies from 1953 to 2010 meeting the aforementioned criterion. The vast majority of individual findings showed that CCPT approaches were statistically significantly superior to no treatment (Bratton, Landreth, & Lin, ; Bratton & Ray, ; Ray & Bratton, ). As is typical of research in counseling and the broader mental health field, most studies were hindered by small sample sizes, which limit statistical power to validate results as well as the ability to generalize findings.…”

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“…Baggerly and Bratton () and Ray and Bratton () reviewed outcome studies of CCPT in the present decade, noting a surge in well‐designed and methodologically rigorous research. The purpose of the present meta‐analysis was to examine a single theoretical modality by investigating the effects of play therapy based on contemporary studies following a CCPT methodology.…”

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A Meta‐Analytic Review of Child‐Centered Play Therapy Approaches

Lin

Bratton

2015

Jour of Counseling & Develop

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The authors explored the overall effectiveness of child‐centered play therapy (CCPT) approaches through a meta‐analytic review of 52 controlled outcome studies between 1995 and 2010. Hierarchical linear modeling techniques estimated a statistically significant moderate treatment effect size (.47) for CCPT, as well as statistically significant relationships between effect size and study characteristics, including child's age, child's ethnicity, caregiver involvement, treatment integrity, publication status, and presenting issue.

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Section: Research Support For Ccptmentioning

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Section: Implications and Conclusionmentioning

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A Meta‐Analytic Review of Child‐Centered Play Therapy Approaches

Lin

Bratton

2015

Jour of Counseling & Develop

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“…With respect to the school population, researchers have shown that both individual and group play therapy are effective and practical treatment options in schools (Ray et al, ). Regarding children's social‐emotional competencies, Landreth () asserted that CCPT is impactful in facilitating improvement in children's social‐emotional competencies, and, indeed, research backs Landreth's assertions (Fall, Navelski, & Welch, ; Muro, Ray, Schottelkorb, Smith, & Blanco, ; Ray & Bratton, ).…”

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Individual and Group Child‐Centered Play Therapy: Impact on Social‐Emotional Competencies

Blalock

Lindo

Ray

2019

Jour of Counseling & Develop

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The authors conducted a randomized controlled trial study with 56 elementary school children to test the effectiveness of 16 sessions of individual and group child‐centered play therapy (CCPT) in improving social‐emotional assets, including self‐regulation/responsibility, social competence, and empathy. Parent reports indicated that treatment in both CCPT conditions was correlated with substantial gains in overall social‐emotional assets and in the constructs of self‐regulation/responsibility and social competence.

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“…In play therapy, toys and play materials are used to help children directly or symbolically express their thoughts and feelings, and to work through emotional issues in a developmentally sensitive manner (Landreth, ; Schaefer & Drewes, ). Play therapy is a widely practiced counseling approach, and numerous scholars have shown its effective use with children of diverse age groups and a wide range of clinical problems (Baggerly, ; LeBlanc & Ritchie, ; Ray & Bratton, ).…”

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Harnessing the Power of Play in Emotionally Focused Family Therapy With Preschool Children

Willis¹,

Haslam

Bermúdez³

2016

J Marital Family Therapy

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Emotionally focused family therapy (EFFT) is an attachment-based therapy model that has been used with older children and adolescents. More recently, it has been suggested for use with young children. EFFT holds promise as a clinical treatment for young children coping with attachment problems, but more detailed guidelines are needed for implementing the model with this age-group. Whereas preschool and kindergarten age children are less able to participate in talk therapy than older children, accommodations need to be made to this approach when the identified patient is a young child. This article offers a variety of play therapy activities that may be incorporated within an EFFT framework to strengthen the emotional bonds in families with children ages four to six.

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What the Research Shows About Play Therapy: Twenty‐First Century Update

Cited by 19 publications

References 39 publications

A Meta‐Analytic Review of Child‐Centered Play Therapy Approaches

A Meta‐Analytic Review of Child‐Centered Play Therapy Approaches

Individual and Group Child‐Centered Play Therapy: Impact on Social‐Emotional Competencies

Harnessing the Power of Play in Emotionally Focused Family Therapy With Preschool Children

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