Intervention Strategies Used in a Children

Counselling

Prepared by:GROUP 1:

AIN, FATIN, SAYYIDI, SYAFIQAH

INTRODUCTION

• intervention is an influencing force or act that

occurs in order to modify a given state of

affairs

• In the context of behavioral health, an

intervention may be any outside process that

has the effect of modifying an individual's

behavior, cognition, or emotional state.

PLAY THERAPY MUSIC THERAPY ART THERAPY

Strate

gies

PLAY THERAPY

HISTORY

Sigmund

Freud first

used PT in 1909

Carl Rogers

introduced

person-

centered

theory

Virginia

Axline-created

non-directive

play therapy

DEFINITION

"the systematic use of a theoretical model to

establish an interpersonal process wherein

trained play therapists use the therapeutic

powers of play to help clients prevent or

resolve psychosocial difficulties and

achieve optimal growth and

development."

CONCEPT

children are encouraged to express

all the things they may have

difficulty saying or contextualizing

into words

restate what the child says

reflect feeling and contentset limits in the playroom : prohibit the

student from hurting self, you, or materials

What happens

during play

therapy

sessions?

Focus:

build a relationship between a child and the therapist

the therapist uses specific techniques to assess how a child or

adolescent experience their world and how they communicate

and react to the events and people in their world

more readily talk about their intimate

feelings when they feel respected and

accepted

What can be

achieved

through play

therapy?

help to become

aware of what

feelings and

how these

feelings

manifest in

behaviour or

one's body

learn how to

become better

at regulating

emotions and

expressing

them in

constructive

ways

discover who

they are and

what their

strong and

weak points,

needs, wishes,

thoughts and

dreams are

help a child to

become more

assertive, self-

confident and

to have self-

respect and

respect for

others

APPROPRIATE ACTIVITIES

aim to engage the child and enable the child to tell their story and in the

telling reshape it accordingly

note that each child is different both in personality and presenting issues

match the play therapy activity with the child’s abilities and needs

(Geldard & Geldard, 2008)

key factors to consider when selecting a play therapy activity

The child’s developmental age

Whether the child

is receiving individual or group therapy

The current therape

utic goals for the child

APPROPRIATE ACTIVITIES

• Expressing Feelings and Emotions

• Develop Social Skills

• Build Self Esteem and Self Concept

• Improve Communication of Problems

• Dealing with Loss, Grief and Death

Expressing Feelings and Emotions

Clay

promote expression

of anger, sadness,

fear and worry

allows the child to

be creative ;

emotion of the child

is likely to emerge

or be expressed

Drawing

allows the child to

get in touch with

their thoughts and

emotions

Children can be

asked to create a

representation of

what has made

them angry

Finger painting

promote

emotions of

joy,

celebration,

and happiness

Develop Social Skills

the ways in which the child relates to

others in order to make friends, get

their needs met, be assertive, employ

boundaries and cooperate

imaginative pretend play

help the younger child learn about social

skills and practice them

puppets and soft toys

respond to various social situations by

using their puppets

Build Self Esteem and Self

Conceptpromote self fulfilment and independence in the child by enabling the child

to explore, accept and value their strengths and weaknesses

• to illustrate the

development of the

child’s own strengths

• to target the child’s

specific skills to give

them an opportunity to

perform well and

experience their strength

• to help the child

experience various roles

that either represents

their current strengths or

the qualities that they

would like to have

• address issues that

directly relate to the

child’s self esteem and

self concept

Drawing Game

Imaginative

pretend play

Specific

worksheets 

Improve Communication of Problems

An imaginary journey

allow the child to get in touch with

their memories in order to relate

their perception of the events more

accurately.

• all new experiences, the unknown can be confusing

and frightening

• do not know what to expect following the loss of a

family member or friend or even a pet

• may not understand what death really means and

may be confused or even frightened by the reactions

of other family members

Dealing with Loss, Grief and Death

Dealing with Loss, Grief and Death

allow

the

child to

get in

touch

with

their

thought

s and

emotio

ns

Draw

ing

the child

is

encoura

ged to

create

their

own

story as

opposed

to

reading

story

books

Tellin

g

storie

s

allows

the child

to be

creative

; the

emotions

within

the child

are likely

to

emerge

and be

expresse

dUse

of

clay

provide

the child

with an

opportunit

y to tell

their story

using

symbols

etched out

in the

sand

Sand

tray

work