When adult therapists work with children: Differential treatment considerations.

Counseling preadolescents: Utilizing developmental cues to guide therapeutic approaches.

“…In addition, preadolescents require the utilization of normalizing behavior, psychoeducation about their developmental stage, games, activities, and a degree of self-disclosure by the counselor. Goggin and Goggin (1979) stated that talk therapy can be successful with preadolescents when the therapist asks age-appropriate questions (i.e., less open-ended and more concrete) and combines talk and play therapy. Podell et al (2013) suggested that specific criteria such as psychotherapists' style, experience, and the use of treatment integrity can serve as indicators of success.…”

Play therapy with multiple personality disorder clients.

“…Thus, it is often thought that play is for children and talk is for adults. However, when working with adults with MPD, a more productive approach may be that suggested by Coggin & Coggin (1979). They consider play and talk as two ends of a continuum rather than a dichotomy.…”

Defining the boundaries of professional competence: Managing subtle cases of clinical incompetence.

“…Such special populations can be based on demographic variables (e.g., age, race, socioeconomic status) or clinical issues (e.g., forensic settings, medical patients, battered women). For example, it is unclear whether therapists trained in the treatment of adult psychopathology are adequately trained to treat children ( Goggin & Goggin, 1979) or the elderly ( Steuer, 1982). Likewise, the new field of behavioral medicine has opened many possibilities for assisting medical patients.…”