Counselors’ perceptions of storytelling, fairytales, and sandplay in working with traumatically abused children
Year: 2018
Type: dissertation
Abstract: According to the Department of Health and Human Services (2008), child abuse rates continue to rise. This increase in child abuse results in a further need for counselors to understand effective therapeutic techniques for working with these children (Henderson & Thompson, 2017). Specifically, counselors may need to have greater awareness about effective approaches that aid in trauma recovery, particularly addressing attachment, communication, and dissociative symptomology (Miller & Boe, 1990; Hours, 2014; Dillingham, 2016). However, unfortunately there is a lack of information about the expressive techniques of storytelling, fairytales, and sandplay (Cassar, 2000; Dillingham, 2016; Plante, 2006). Thus, this qualitative study explored counselors’ perceptions of storytelling, fairytales, and sandplay techniques in working with children who have suffered trauma.
Author: Krystyne Mendoza
Language: English
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2972184392