Therapy drop-out: a descriptive case study of an imperfect sand-play therapy process with an aggressive 12 year old boy

Fouche, Aimee Louise

Title: Therapy drop-out: a descriptive case study of an imperfect sand-play therapy process with an aggressive 12 year old boy
Creator: Fouche, Aimee Louise
ThesisAdvisor: Knoetze, Jan
Subject: Psychotherapy Failure
Subject: Psychotherapy Outcome assessment
Subject: Psychotherapy
Subject: Aggressiveness in children
Subject: Sandplay Therapeutic use
Subject: Play therapy
Subject: Conduct disorders in children
Subject: Boys Psychology
Date: 2022-04-07
Type: Academic theses
Type: Master's theses
Type: text
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/292704
Identifier: vital:57008
Description: This case study sought to document an imperfect sandplay therapy process with an aggressive 12 year old male. Premature abscondment is a recognised issue in child and adolescent therapy. Extra-therapeutic factors like social support from family and friends have been found to be determinants of child psychotherapy outcomes. There is a significant gap in case study research documenting a failed child therapy process. This research aims to address the omission by using qualitative methods to elicit a nuanced account of such a process. The results of thematic analysis found that parents played a crucial role in the failure of the process. Not only were they instrumental in stopping therapy attendance but their disengaged attitudes infiltrated into the child’s process. Implications for clinical practice were discussed and recommendations were made for more documentation of failed therapy processes. This case study hopes to form part of the ground work for future investigations.
Description: Thesis (MA) -- Faculty of Humanities, Psychology, 2022
Format: computer, online resource, application/pdf, 1 online resource (85 pages), pdf
Publisher: Rhodes University, Faculty of Humanities, Psychology
Language: English
Rights: Fouche, Aimee Louise
Rights: Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons "Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike" License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/)

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