Ebeveyn Eğitimine Odaklanan Bir Oyun Terapisi Modeli: Çocuk-Ebeveyn İlişki Terapisi

Abstract

Child-Parent Relationship Therapy is an approach that combines play therapy and family therapy. It is based on the idea of teaching parents the skills of structuring, emphatic listening, imaginary play and limit-setting and enabling their children to become play therapists. The overall aim is to strengthen the child-parent relationship. It is a structured, 10-week, group format training for parents with children aged 3-10. After 3 week-parent training, special play sessions with their children for 7 weeks begin in parallel with the training sessions. These sessions teach parents to recognize their children's emotions, listen effectively, build self-esteem, and set boundaries therapeutically, while helping parents develop parenting skills. In this review, the history of Child-Parent Relationship Therapy, its aims, parent-child interaction and training dimensions, playroom and toy selection, content of training sessions and research studies on its effectiveness are explained. Evaluating the model, it was seen that CPRT was an effective approach in reducing parental stress and behavioral problems of children, and improving parental acceptance and empathy levels.

Let's Hear Children's Emotions: The Play-Based Psychoeducation Program for the Socio-Emotional Development of Primary School Children

“…Consistent with this finding, Muskett's (2008) study found that parents were unable to notice the developed social skill levels of their children, suggesting that a similar situation may have occurred in the current study. However, Öztekin and Gülbahçe (2019) and Öztekin and Gençdoğan (2021) found in their studies with filial therapy, one of the types of play therapy, that the play-based program reduced children's behavioral problems. A meta-analysis study showed that preschool children benefit from socio-emotional learning interventions in different contexts (Murano et al, 2020).…”

“…Thus, they convey their awareness of what is happening in their world through play (Landreth & Bratton, 1999). In addition, play is essential for healthy development as it contributes to children's physical, cognitive, social and emotional well-being (Ginsburg et al, 2007;Öztekin & Gençdoğan, 2023). This shows us that integrating play into intervention programs is a practical and effective way to support children's developmental areas such as social, emotional, and moral.…”