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| Comparison
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The table below shows details
of a general comparison between play therapists, child psychotherapists and
hospital play specialists. Similarities are shown in grey, differences are
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Play
Therapist |
Child
Psychotherapist |
Hospital
Play Specialist
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1. Training
level |
Postgraduate |
Postgraduate |
Diploma |
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2.
Training
length |
2 – 3 years, part-time |
2
year (part-time) pre-clinical training
4 - 5 year (full-time)
clinical training |
1 year, part-time |
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3. Professional
Registration |
British Association of
Play Therapists (BAPT) |
Association of Child
Psychotherapy (ACP)
United Kingdom Council
of Psychotherapy (UKCP) |
Hospital Play Staff
Education Trust (HPSET)
National Association of
Hospital Play Staff (NAHPS) |
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4. Personal
psychotherapy |
Required throughout
training
(once a
week) |
Required throughout
training
(also
normally 1 – 2 years prior to training and 4 – 5 times a week throughout) |
Not required |
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5.
Service frequency |
Once a week |
1 – 5 times a week |
As necessary |
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6.
Service delivery |
Non-directive |
Non-directive |
Free play/Directed play |
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7.
Service duration |
Short – Medium term |
Short – Long term |
Hospital/Clinic
attendance |
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8.
Client groups |
Children experiencing
mild to semi-complex mental health and developmental difficulties |
Children
experiencing mild to profound mental health and developmental difficulties |
Children in hospital |
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Work settings |
Child mental health
services, schools, social services teams and in private practice |
Child mental health
services, schools, social services teams and in private practice |
Hospital wards,
outpatient departments, accident and emergency departments, child
development centres, hospices and in community work with community
paediatricians |
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10.
Theoretical orientation |
Person-centred |
Psychoanalytic |
Child development
theories |
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11.
Technical methods |
Core conditions,
reflective listening |
Interpretation,
transference, counter-transference |
Play as therapeutic tool |
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12.
Goals of
intervention |
Alleviate suffering and
effect internal change in children, including:
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Change in relationship to
expression of emotions
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Change in the manner of
experiencing
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Change in self concept
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Change in communication of self
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Resolution of psychological
difficulties
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Improved interpersonal
relationships
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Alleviate suffering and
effect internal change in children, including:
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Alleviate internal anxiety to bring about more normative development
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Greater capacity to express and think about emotional world
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Capacity to develop secure and sustaining emotional relationships
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Make unconscious processes more conscious, thereby reducing the need to
act out
- To integrate loving
and aggressive impulses
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provide play to achieve developmental goals
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help children master and cope with
anxieties and feelings
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use play to prepare children for hospital
procedures
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support families and siblings
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contribute to clinical judgements through
their play-based observations
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encourage peer group friendships to develop
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13.
Supervision |
Clinical supervision
required |
Clinical supervision
required |
Managerial supervision |
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14.
Parent/Carer work |
Therapeutic practice with
parents/carers |
Psychotherapeutic
practice with parents/carers |
Parent/Carer support |
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