Gestalt tegniek om die kind wat verlies ervaar te begelei
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Authors
Van As, Yolindi
Issue Date
2005-11
Type
Dissertation
Language
af
Keywords
Child's concept of death , Play therapeutic intervention , Play therapy , Grief process , The child in middle childhood , Gestalt therapy , Technique
Alternative Title
Gestalt technique to support the child who is experiencing loss
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to describe a gestalt technique for therapists who are involved with children who are experiencing loss. A play therepeutic approach is described and the underlying principles integrated and applied.
In the first chapter the details of the the research methodology is described. In the second chapter the gestalt approach and how it relates to play therapeutic intervention is discussed. The third chapter is a literature study which describes the child's conceptualization of death.
In the fourth chapter the technique which is developed is discusssed. This technique comprises six themes which are projected by way of instructions on a card. The child chooses a card during every session and it is therapeutically played out. There is a central theme of a treasure box, and a box is made to keep memorabilia of the deceased. The therapeutic intervention helps the child to make a treasure box of memories in their hearts.
Description
Text in Afrikaans
Citation
Van As, Yolindi (2005) Gestalt tegniek om die kind wat verlies ervaar te begelei, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1963>