RPT Play Therapy Theories & Techniques 4

Question 1

The 'mutual storytelling technique' developed by Richard Gardner involves:

Accepted Answer

The child telling a story that the therapist retells with healthier adaptive messages

Answer

Gardner's mutual storytelling technique has the therapist listen to the child's story, identify its psychological theme, then retell it with a healthier resolution.

Question 2

In prescriptive play therapy, treatment decisions are PRIMARILY based on:

Accepted Answer

Empirical evidence matching specific interventions to specific child presentations

Answer

Prescriptive play therapy (Schaefer) selects techniques empirically, matching the best-supported intervention to each child's specific problem.

Question 3

Which theoretical model uses the concept of 'projected feelings' onto miniature figures in the sand as a primary healing mechanism?

Accepted Answer

Sandplay therapy (Kalff's Jungian model)

Answer

Dora Kalff's Jungian sandplay therapy holds that projecting inner content onto miniatures in a 'free and protected space' facilitates deep psychic healing.

Question 4

The primary distinction between 'directive' and 'non-directive' play therapy lies in:

Accepted Answer

Who structures the content and direction of the play — therapist or child

Answer

In directive play therapy the therapist selects and structures activities, while in non-directive play therapy the child leads and the therapist follows.

Question 5

Exposure-based play therapy for phobias typically incorporates which behavioral principle?

Accepted Answer

Systematic desensitization and graduated exposure within a play context

Answer

Exposure-based play therapy uses graduated exposure hierarchies embedded in play to reduce conditioned fear responses through habituation.

(RPT) Registered Play Therapist Practice Test

(RPT) Registered Play Therapist Practice Test

RPT Play Therapy Theories & Techniques 4