Game therapy by Virginia M. Axline
To understand the therapy developed by Axline, it is of primary importance to visualize the specific issue that this attends. As he expresses in his book ‘’ Game Therapy ’’
Its main objective is to generate that the child knows himself, with the interaction he achieves with the “ tools ” that he is able to provide the therapist, seeking that the patient achieve the projection expressed in the game, finding out howHe is he and how others are, in a nutshell he seeks the internal and external consciousness of the child.
In the same way, if what we seek is to correctly understand game therapy, it is necessaryUnderstand the complexity of personality as a constant of change and organization, where the constants between personality and behavior vary their expression thanks to this relativity and internal dynamics.
Axline, understands this constitution as an opportunity, where the subject finds the ability to direct his own life, where even the individual who seemed to have everything against, is able to generate a consciousness of internal authority, thus creating acourse of action with greater precision, this being a positive vision of such volubility.
To close this personality structure, Axline, establishes that it is a response of the growth of the subject, which grows in experience, in its acceptance of itself and the world, ‘assimilating all the ingredients that are integrated into a configuration that is only yours. This is called his personality ’.
Entering themes for therapeutic purposes, the author establishes a practice, called non-directive therapy, which is based on the assumption on which the individual is plagued by a skill of both their own problems and of a boost of growth, which whichgives rise to the transition from immature behavior to mature behavior.
Regarding the therapeutic work carried in sessions, the patient with the interaction verifies with the game will begin to hondar in itself, achieving an introspection thanks for the permissiveness of the environment, allowing him to express everything that the individual wishes to be, without prejudice,Without obstructions, without orders, without frustration and aggressions of another person, the child takes the reins of what he is doing, demonstrating himself that he is able to be him, capable of expressing his true self.
In this work the client must be able to deconstruct and mold the way in which he is better for himself, showing the face that favors him, knowing a little with the act of the game
The natural expression of the game allows the child to relax to an emotional level, disconnecting all those negative forces that hinder him and provide him with an awareness of his internal power, which he has to be an individual with his own rights, to be able to think for himself and takeYour own decisions.
The role of the game is very important, since this will be an environment that fosters growth, a catalyst, establishing the position that the child is important for this medium and that what he thinks and does is allowed, this environment will create or seek to believe in the child an intention of free expression.
With regard to the role of the therapist in this game therapy, he must demonstrate that he is an adult who does not hinder the child who, although it is an authority figure, in himself, at that time it is nothing more than the mirrorWhere the infant can be reflected, where he can bounce his ideas and build new perceptions, the therapist needs to be sensitive to what the child tries to express (verbal or nonverbal) and retro feed the best that the infant’s expression canwithout any kind of intention that is not emphasizing its growth.
As a conclusion, I would like to express the transcendental of achieving a healthy childhood, since it takes a role of primary importance throughout life, becoming a characteristic of full development of the individual and its same environment, carrying out this, strongly determines the fruitful and satisfactory of life itself.
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