• Journal of Families and Better Life
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• v.35 no.1
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• pp.83-105
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• 2017

The purpose of this study is to strengthen the professional competence of novice play therapists through training, and to develop a CCPT internship program that encourages them to participate by experiencing play therapy education and cases. The five novice play therapists who participated in this study were currently getting their master's degrees in child psychotherapy. The novice play therapists's CCPT Internship program conducts 20 hours of education and practices, 24 hours of group supervision, 16 sessions of play therapy. The results of the research were as follows. First, the novice play therapist's CCPT internship program gave the play therapists positive effects on the development level. Second, the novice play therapist's CCPT internship program had a positive effect on the therapists' performance ability on play therapy. Third, the change of psychological and emotional reactions of play therapists through self-examination was different depending on the stage in the play therapy.

• Journal of Families and Better Life
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• v.33 no.5
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• pp.103-115
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• 2015

The purpose of this study is, first, to develop a Therapy Competency Enhancement Program for Novice Play-therapists Using Traditional Play to enhance therapy Competency and second, to examine the program's effectiveness. The program consists of 10 sessions and each session employs a variety of traditional plays. The Therapeutic relationship Scale and Playfulness Scale were used as a pre-test and post-test respectively. The data were analyzed by the SPSS 18.0 program, which applied the Mann-Whiteney U test and Wilcoxon rank sum test. Twelve novice play therapists participated in ten sessions of the Therapy Competency Enhancement Program, and were compared with the control group of twelve novice play therapists who did not receive treatment. The treatment group statistically showed significant enhancement in therapeutic relationships, and playfulness in comparison to the control group. It was concluded that the Therapy Competency Enhancement Program for Novice Play-therapists Using Traditional Play was effective for enhancing therapeutic relationships and playfulness. This study has significance in its attempt to develop a Therapy Competency Enhancement program to improve the therapeutic relationship, and playfulness of novice play therapists by Traditional Play.