What are some of the early criticisms of play therapy

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Evidence-Based Practices

1. Review the articles in your assigned readings for this week.

2. Discuss why it is so important to use evidence-based practices in play therapy.

3. What are some of the early criticisms of play therapy, and how might we address those criticisms with research?

4. Finally, share what type or types of independent research you could be interested in doing as a play therapist and what sorts of hypotheses you would like to explore.

5. What barriers do you anticipate experiencing if or when you start a research program?

6. Bratton, S. C. (2016). The empirical support for play therapy: Strengths and limitations. In K. J. O'Connor, C. E. Schaefer, & L. D. Braverman (Eds.), Handbook of play therapy (2nd ed., pp. 651-668). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley and Sons.

Sue Bratton is calling for increased complexity and rigor in the scientific study of play therapy and highlights here how we can go about bringing more of this to our field and how much improvement there has been in recent history.

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