Personal Narrative: Non-Directive Play Therapy

Over this semester I have learned a plethora of information on how to work with clients, work with client’s parents, teacher, how to do play therapy and how to integrate it with other forms of therapy. When the semester first began I was limiting myself to using only one strict form of therapy with my child clients. Throughout the semester I worked to evolve and incorporate non-directive play therapy, structural family therapy and Teacher-Child-Interactive therapy in sessions as it fit.
Another way I evolved in working with clients over the semester was the way in which I worked with the family instead of only the child. At first, I worked with only the child in the school and at sessions in the clinic. After getting over my initial hesitation,