Surviving Destruction and Finding Connection: Play Therapy with an 11 Year Old Boy

ABSTRACT

How do child therapists manage the most difficult and emotionally intense moments in play or maintain safety with our most emotionally challenging patients. This extended case presentation presents material from a play therapy treatment with an school aged old boy. The treatment shows how the therapist struggled to maintain boundaries and safety, while maintaining space for the patient to share his most disturbing self-states in order to help the patient find connection with the therapist and developmental advancement.

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No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author.

Notes

1. The following material has been de-identified and masked to the level of anonymity to protect patient privacy. All personal and biopsychosocial markers have been removed as per HHS HIPAA de-identification guidelines, and the written informed consent for publication has been provided by the legal guardian.