{"title":"An Introduction to Teddy Bear Therapy: A Systems Family Therapy Approach to Child Psychotherapy","authors":"Leandri Beyers, W. D. Phipps, C. Vorster","doi":"10.1080/08975353.2017.1301156","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Teddy bear therapy evolved from psychoanalytic play therapy and Gardner’s mutual storytelling technique. It entails the telling of a story by the therapist and the child about a teddy bear that is facing difficulties similar to those of the child. Drawing on play and fantasy, the therapist engages the child in a non-threatening way, while simultaneously facilitating a person-centered milieu. Together the therapist and the child explore how changes to the teddy and the teddy’s relationships in the family, or broader system, ultimately bring about resolution of the teddy’s problem. Thus, change is understood at a relational or systemic level.","PeriodicalId":44427,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Psychotherapy","volume":"28 1","pages":"317 - 332"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3000,"publicationDate":"2017-09-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/08975353.2017.1301156","citationCount":"8","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Family Psychotherapy","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08975353.2017.1301156","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"Psychology","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
ABSTRACT Teddy bear therapy evolved from psychoanalytic play therapy and Gardner’s mutual storytelling technique. It entails the telling of a story by the therapist and the child about a teddy bear that is facing difficulties similar to those of the child. Drawing on play and fantasy, the therapist engages the child in a non-threatening way, while simultaneously facilitating a person-centered milieu. Together the therapist and the child explore how changes to the teddy and the teddy’s relationships in the family, or broader system, ultimately bring about resolution of the teddy’s problem. Thus, change is understood at a relational or systemic level.
期刊介绍：
Designed with the practicing clinician in mind, the Journal of Family Psychotherapy features a case study orientation that makes for very interesting reading. Highlights include: •Case Studies: Focused studies of a single case seen in family psychotherapy, illustrating the etiology, maintenance, and/or process of change of the problem. •Program Reports: Descriptions of treatment programs that have been used successfully to treat specific problems or new orientations used generally in family therapy. Clinical case examples are included.
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