Deck 6: The Play Therapist

Question 1

Being fully present with a child means

A) accepting personal limitations.
B) an unwillingness to judge or evaluate.
C) being objective enough to allow the child to be a separate person.
D) interacting with the child by observing, listening, and making statements of recognition.
E) knowing what a child's behavior means.

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Effective play therapists begin sessions by
A) creating dependency expectations from the child.
B) leading the child to a particular topic of activity.
C) reviewing with the child the events of the previous session.
D) setting goals with the child.

A) staying in the present moment with the child

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Future-mindedness for play therapists refers to

A) avoiding discussion of previous sessions.
B) helping children identify goals between sessions.
C) planning their own continuing education training sessions.
D) projecting the child into the future.
E) understanding that the child is in a continuous process of becoming.

Answer 3

E

Question 4

In supervision, the focus is on

A) continuing education.
B) knowledge of intangibles.
C) skill development.
D) the person of the therapist.
E) theoretical orientation.

Question 5

The play therapist is an adult who

A) intently observes.
B) empathically listens.
C) recognizes the child's play.
D) recognizes the child's want, needs, and feelings.
E) all of the above.

Question 6

Intentionality for the play therapist refers to the attainment of certain skills and dimensions.

Question 7

It is possible for play therapists to prevent their own personality from entering into the therapeutic relationship.

Question 8

The person of the therapist is more important than anything the therapist knows how to do.

Question 9

The play therapist maintains an active role in the process of play therapy.

Question 10

To be effective, the child-centered play therapist needs facts and answers about a child.

Question 11

Match the personality characteristics of play therapists with descriptors.
-Objective and Flexible

A) Accepts and adapts to the unexpected with an attitude of willingness to be receptive to the new
B) Accepts the child's choice to play or not to play, to talk or not to talk. The child does not need to change or behave in any particular way to receive the therapist's acceptance
C) Admits to being vulnerable and being inaccurate in personal perceptions at times
D) Considers and relates to children on the basis of their own merit, who they are rather than who they have been described to be
E) Does not need facts or answers about a child and is content with the process of not knowing what a child's behavior should mean
F) Is loving and compassionate
G) Recognizes and accepts personal limitations without any sense of threat to feelings of adequacy
H) Responds to the child as a person who is capable of being more than he or she is at the moment
I) Should be able to appreciate the humor in what the child experiences
J) Waits with eager expectancy for the child to come forth at the child's own pace

Question 12

Match the personality characteristics of play therapists with descriptors.
-Does Not Judge or Evaluate

A) Accepts and adapts to the unexpected with an attitude of willingness to be receptive to the new
B) Accepts the child's choice to play or not to play, to talk or not to talk. The child does not need to change or behave in any particular way to receive the therapist's acceptance
C) Admits to being vulnerable and being inaccurate in personal perceptions at times
D) Considers and relates to children on the basis of their own merit, who they are rather than who they have been described to be
E) Does not need facts or answers about a child and is content with the process of not knowing what a child's behavior should mean
F) Is loving and compassionate
G) Recognizes and accepts personal limitations without any sense of threat to feelings of adequacy
H) Responds to the child as a person who is capable of being more than he or she is at the moment
I) Should be able to appreciate the humor in what the child experiences
J) Waits with eager expectancy for the child to come forth at the child's own pace

Question 13

Match the personality characteristics of play therapists with descriptors.
-Open-Minded

A) Accepts and adapts to the unexpected with an attitude of willingness to be receptive to the new
B) Accepts the child's choice to play or not to play, to talk or not to talk. The child does not need to change or behave in any particular way to receive the therapist's acceptance
C) Admits to being vulnerable and being inaccurate in personal perceptions at times
D) Considers and relates to children on the basis of their own merit, who they are rather than who they have been described to be
E) Does not need facts or answers about a child and is content with the process of not knowing what a child's behavior should mean
F) Is loving and compassionate
G) Recognizes and accepts personal limitations without any sense of threat to feelings of adequacy
H) Responds to the child as a person who is capable of being more than he or she is at the moment
I) Should be able to appreciate the humor in what the child experiences
J) Waits with eager expectancy for the child to come forth at the child's own pace

Question 14

Match the personality characteristics of play therapists with descriptors.
-Patient

A) Accepts and adapts to the unexpected with an attitude of willingness to be receptive to the new
B) Accepts the child's choice to play or not to play, to talk or not to talk. The child does not need to change or behave in any particular way to receive the therapist's acceptance
C) Admits to being vulnerable and being inaccurate in personal perceptions at times
D) Considers and relates to children on the basis of their own merit, who they are rather than who they have been described to be
E) Does not need facts or answers about a child and is content with the process of not knowing what a child's behavior should mean
F) Is loving and compassionate
G) Recognizes and accepts personal limitations without any sense of threat to feelings of adequacy
H) Responds to the child as a person who is capable of being more than he or she is at the moment
I) Should be able to appreciate the humor in what the child experiences
J) Waits with eager expectancy for the child to come forth at the child's own pace

Question 15

Match the personality characteristics of play therapists with descriptors.
-______ High Tolerance for Ambiguity

A) Accepts and adapts to the unexpected with an attitude of willingness to be receptive to the new
B) Accepts the child's choice to play or not to play, to talk or not to talk. The child does not need to change or behave in any particular way to receive the therapist's acceptance
C) Admits to being vulnerable and being inaccurate in personal perceptions at times
D) Considers and relates to children on the basis of their own merit, who they are rather than who they have been described to be
E) Does not need facts or answers about a child and is content with the process of not knowing what a child's behavior should mean
F) Is loving and compassionate
G) Recognizes and accepts personal limitations without any sense of threat to feelings of adequacy
H) Responds to the child as a person who is capable of being more than he or she is at the moment
I) Should be able to appreciate the humor in what the child experiences
J) Waits with eager expectancy for the child to come forth at the child's own pace

Question 16

Match the personality characteristics of play therapists with descriptors.
-Future-Minded

A) Accepts and adapts to the unexpected with an attitude of willingness to be receptive to the new
B) Accepts the child's choice to play or not to play, to talk or not to talk. The child does not need to change or behave in any particular way to receive the therapist's acceptance
C) Admits to being vulnerable and being inaccurate in personal perceptions at times
D) Considers and relates to children on the basis of their own merit, who they are rather than who they have been described to be
E) Does not need facts or answers about a child and is content with the process of not knowing what a child's behavior should mean
F) Is loving and compassionate
G) Recognizes and accepts personal limitations without any sense of threat to feelings of adequacy
H) Responds to the child as a person who is capable of being more than he or she is at the moment
I) Should be able to appreciate the humor in what the child experiences
J) Waits with eager expectancy for the child to come forth at the child's own pace

Question 17

Match the personality characteristics of play therapists with descriptors.
-Personal Courage

A) Accepts and adapts to the unexpected with an attitude of willingness to be receptive to the new
B) Accepts the child's choice to play or not to play, to talk or not to talk. The child does not need to change or behave in any particular way to receive the therapist's acceptance
C) Admits to being vulnerable and being inaccurate in personal perceptions at times
D) Considers and relates to children on the basis of their own merit, who they are rather than who they have been described to be
E) Does not need facts or answers about a child and is content with the process of not knowing what a child's behavior should mean
F) Is loving and compassionate
G) Recognizes and accepts personal limitations without any sense of threat to feelings of adequacy
H) Responds to the child as a person who is capable of being more than he or she is at the moment
I) Should be able to appreciate the humor in what the child experiences
J) Waits with eager expectancy for the child to come forth at the child's own pace

Question 18

Match the personality characteristics of play therapists with descriptors.
-Being Real, Warmth and Caring, Acceptance, and Sensitive Understanding

A) Accepts and adapts to the unexpected with an attitude of willingness to be receptive to the new
B) Accepts the child's choice to play or not to play, to talk or not to talk. The child does not need to change or behave in any particular way to receive the therapist's acceptance
C) Admits to being vulnerable and being inaccurate in personal perceptions at times
D) Considers and relates to children on the basis of their own merit, who they are rather than who they have been described to be
E) Does not need facts or answers about a child and is content with the process of not knowing what a child's behavior should mean
F) Is loving and compassionate
G) Recognizes and accepts personal limitations without any sense of threat to feelings of adequacy
H) Responds to the child as a person who is capable of being more than he or she is at the moment
I) Should be able to appreciate the humor in what the child experiences
J) Waits with eager expectancy for the child to come forth at the child's own pace

Question 19

Match the personality characteristics of play therapists with descriptors.
-Personally Secure

A) Accepts and adapts to the unexpected with an attitude of willingness to be receptive to the new
B) Accepts the child's choice to play or not to play, to talk or not to talk. The child does not need to change or behave in any particular way to receive the therapist's acceptance
C) Admits to being vulnerable and being inaccurate in personal perceptions at times
D) Considers and relates to children on the basis of their own merit, who they are rather than who they have been described to be
E) Does not need facts or answers about a child and is content with the process of not knowing what a child's behavior should mean
F) Is loving and compassionate
G) Recognizes and accepts personal limitations without any sense of threat to feelings of adequacy
H) Responds to the child as a person who is capable of being more than he or she is at the moment
I) Should be able to appreciate the humor in what the child experiences
J) Waits with eager expectancy for the child to come forth at the child's own pace

Question 20

Match the personality characteristics of play therapists with descriptors.
-Sense of Humor

A) Accepts and adapts to the unexpected with an attitude of willingness to be receptive to the new
B) Accepts the child's choice to play or not to play, to talk or not to talk. The child does not need to change or behave in any particular way to receive the therapist's acceptance
C) Admits to being vulnerable and being inaccurate in personal perceptions at times
D) Considers and relates to children on the basis of their own merit, who they are rather than who they have been described to be
E) Does not need facts or answers about a child and is content with the process of not knowing what a child's behavior should mean
F) Is loving and compassionate
G) Recognizes and accepts personal limitations without any sense of threat to feelings of adequacy
H) Responds to the child as a person who is capable of being more than he or she is at the moment
I) Should be able to appreciate the humor in what the child experiences
J) Waits with eager expectancy for the child to come forth at the child's own pace