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Play Therapy
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Follow the Breadcrumbs of Metaphor into a Child’s Trauma

By Kristi Pikiewicz, Ph.D.

How do children experience trauma? How do they report it? How can we help to treat it? The questions are especially complex within a framework where we could do more harm than good if we’re not careful.

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Does Pretend Play Really Create Child Development?

By Kristi Pikiewicz, Ph.D.

If pretend play causes development, then we should prescribe pretend play for struggling children; but if pretend play merely marks development, then all the therapist-guided pretend play in the world ain’t gonna change a child’s trajectory.

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How to Show Growth Without Directing the Course of Play Therapy

By Kristi Pikiewicz, Ph.D.

How can you work toward treatment goals while remaining true to the open-endedness of child-centered therapy, the most common play therapy theoretical orientation?

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Back to School? How Play Teaches Learning Skills

By Kristi Pikiewicz, Ph.D.

My first career was as a 6th grade English and Social Studies teacher and I remember that first day of school; within hours or even minutes, there was an obvious difference between students: some kids could do things for themselves and others needed (or wanted…) things done for them.

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Improvement Isn’t the Only Measure of Success in Therapy

By Kristi Pikiewicz, Ph.D.

In this study of group sandtray therapy with preadolescents, just holding the baseline is a success.

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In Play Therapy, Do You Engage or Observe?

By Kristi Pikiewicz, Ph.D.

Engaging can feel like “invading” but observing can feel like “lurking”. This article based on a paper by Dr. Sally Robinson lays out the dilemma.

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Sandtray Therapy Boosts Self-Esteem in Middle-School Girls

By Kristi Pikiewicz, Ph.D.

Before going back to school for psychology, I taught 6th grade English and Social Studies. I remember my girls starting the year as confident and competent young ladies – and…

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Welcome to Play Therapy

By John M. Grohol, Psy.D.

I’m very pleased to introduce Dr. Kristi Pikiewicz’s blog, Play Therapy. Here’s her wonderful and informative introduction to what she’ll be talking about on here: Play therapy is more than…

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