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Focal Play-Therapy in the extended child-parents context. A clinical case
Elena Trombini,Giancarlo Trombini +1 more
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The authors found that preschool children with eating and evacuation disorders showed the appearance and maintenance of psychosomatic protest behaviors when the family coercively imposes its system for eating and evacuating them.Abstract:
Clinical practice and research on preschool children with eating and evacuation disorders showed the appearance and maintenance of psychosomatic protest behaviors when the family coercively imposes its system for eating and evacuation (CANESTRARI & TROMBINI 1975; BALDARO & TROMBINI 1989; BALDARO, TROMBINI & TROMBINI 1994; BALDARO 2002; E. TROMBINI 2002). The child’s basic need, the motivation to do by oneself (which appears around the second year of life) is frustrated (KEMMLER 1957; G. TROMBINI 1969, 1970; ARFELLI GALLI 1995). The pride in his performances and aspiration to grow up replace the past desire for help. He wants to be independent in all those activities which are at the limit of his capacities, therefore the freedom consciousness becomes the focus of self consciousness (METZGER 1959). The request to do by himself simply focuses on the “I do” which the family can either obstruct or encourage not only by stimulating the child but by also previously allowing him to develop satisfactory attachment relationships (BATTACCHI & GIOVANELLI 1988).read more
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Play therapy: a case-based example of a nondirective approach.
Timothy Lawver,Kelly Blankenship +1 more
TL;DR: Play therapy is a treatment modality in which the therapist engages in play with the child as mentioned in this paper, and the therapist then reflects these back to the child while gently encouraging the child toward more positive play.
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The Focal Play Therapy: An Empirical Study on the Parent-Therapist Alliance, Parent-Child Interactions and Parenting Stress in a Clinical Sample of Children and Their Parents.
TL;DR: Results showed that a positive parent–therapist alliance was developed and maintained during the first seven sessions and parent–child interactions significantly improved on both parents’ and child’s dimensions, however, parenting stress levels remained unchanged between the two time points.
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The Focal Play Therapy: A Clinical Approach to Promote Child Health and Family Well-being.
TL;DR: Investigating the alliance from both parents and therapist points of view along with other parental and child outcome variables implied in clinical works with children and families advise that special attention should be paid to the building of an early alliance with parents.
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The Focal Play Therapy with Children and Parents:How to promote the Parent-Therapist Alliance
TL;DR: Trombini et al. as mentioned in this paper explored the quality of the parent-therapist relationship at two time points that coincide with the Focal Play Therapy with children and parents (FPT-CP) first and sixth sessions.
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Prematurity and the Transition to Self-Feeding: A Longitudinal Study on Mother-Child Interactions from 18 to 30 Months
TL;DR: In this paper, Ammaniti et al. investigated mother-child feeding and playing interactions during the transition to self-feeding (18-30 months) in the preterm population.
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