Proposal for Development of a Computerized Version of the Talking, Feelings and Doing Game

Abstract

Summary The purpose of this paper is to present a proposal for development and initial assessment of a computerized version of the Talking, Feeling, and Doing Game (Creative Therapeutics, 1973). The Talking, Feelings and Doing Game was developed by Richard A. Gardner M.D., in order to facilitate the therapeutic process for those children who are “inhibited, constrained, or resistive” (Gardner, 1986, p. 609) or as an alternative therapeutic tool for children who are not characterized as resistant and thus freely reveal information. This game provides children an opportunity to talk about themselves in a way that is less anxiety provoking than traditional methods of eliciting information about their underlying psychodynamics.