The child psychotherapy practice according to the following approaches: psychodrama, Gestalt therapy and person-centered

Abstract

The present study has investigated how is the daily practice of children’s therapists from Psychodrama, Gestalt Therapy and Person-Centered (two of each approach). Semi guided interviews had been used to the qualitative data research, and the analysis of the results were based on the adequate literature. This study has appraised consequent feelings as the children’s treatment preventive issue, and the frustration, loneliness and impotence as feelings related to those cases when parents don’t want to be part of the process. Also, the difficulties in establishing parents’ link or cooperation, and lack of specialized professionals, literature and researches was considered the obstacles of these therapy approaches practices. Children’s therapy practice uses resources such as toys, children’s social net, tests, techniques; and requires the professionals’ good health condition, children’s language comprehension ability, and the to overcome the graduation limitations.