The Term Nondirective, Which Virginia Axline and Others Used in the Early

question 8

Multiple Choice

The term nondirective, which Virginia Axline and others used in the early year of the approach, can be seen as a misnomer for child-centered play therapy (CCPT) for which of the following reasons:

• A) Being nondirective and loving with a child is a very valuable thing, but does not approach the power and efficiency of a skilled child-centered play therapist.
• B) As a child-centered therapist attends to the child's experience with empathic acceptance, the child client is in a sense "directed" to attend to his inner experience.
• C) As the child-centered therapist attends to a child's attempts at self-direction, facilitated through the structure and skills of CCPT, the child is directed to attend to his attempts at self-direction.
• D) A child-centered therapist should be active, disciplined and predictable in creating a context which promotes child clients' self-expression and self-direction.
• E) All the above.

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