Karen Fried
How the Oaklander Model sparked a Global Community of Therapists in a Pandemic, and enriched Training and Treatment (PDF-E-Book)
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11 Seiten, PDF-E-Book
Bestell-Nr.: 31222
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.30820/1664-9583-2023-1-59
Abstract:
Social isolation caused by COVID threatened psychotherapist-client
and instructor-learner contact especially in the child therapy
field. In response, the author devised free online Oaklander Model
interactive play therapy tools (Sandtray, Puppets, Dollhouse,
Projective Cards, Mindfuldraw) which replace their hands-on
originals with tabs of images clients choose, place, move, enlarge
or shrink, and make act and speak to orchestrate scenes. The author
also conducted teleconference training and supervision in their
use. Both the digital interventions and instruction continue to
attract therapists from some 30 countries, who collaborate to
support children from afar. The technological recasting of play
techniques and teaching proved to retain and even expand their
powers along with their reach. Such expansion confirmed the
universal, timeless efficacy of Oaklander’s interventions and
approach, and their applicability to virtual platforms. It also
increased client access to therapy and therapist access to clinical
education, regardless of location and finances. Finally, it
revealed advantages of remote play therapy and training: recording
sessions or stages of client creations, including from separate
devices; shot sharing of clients’ home, household members, pets and
meaningful objects for assessment and exploration; environmental
sustainability of foregoing transportation, office rental, physical
art materials and storage; and construction of an international
therapeutic community sharing their knowledge. Periodic polling,
current website analytics and a recent formal survey show these
techniques and gains have outlasted and outgrown lockdown despite
distance, financial hardship and, sometimes, war. Digital therapy,
learning and collaboration endure and expand both online and live
as the foundation of this network’s dual achievement: a global
community of healers and a global extension of healing.