The purpose of this article IS to verify the Influence of play therapists` state anxiety and interpersonal relationship on the therapeutic alliance with their clients perceived by the play therapists. The research objects were 80 play therapists from ...
The purpose of this article IS to verify the Influence of play therapists` state anxiety and interpersonal relationship on the therapeutic alliance with their clients perceived by the play therapists. The research objects were 80 play therapists from child counseling centers located in Seoul, Gyung-gi, and Jeon-buk, who are practicing play therapy more than three sessions a week. The self-reporting scales were filled out by them and 61 papers were available for the research out of 80. The outcome of this research as follows: The first, the numbers of play therapy case, the supervision experiences, and personal counseling process for the therapists themselves out of the therapists` professional training and background significantly influenced on the therapists` state anxiety. The second, the play therapists` state anxiety had some significant effects on the therapeutic alliance perceived by the play therapists. The third, three subcategones of the therapists` Interpersonal relationship, dominant-superior, rebellious-untrusting, competitive-aggressive, has negative effects on the therapeutic alliance. The last, in terms of interactive effects of the therapists` state anxiety with the interpersonal relationship on the therapeutic alliance perceived by play therapists, the state anxiety and dominant-superior and rebellious-untrusting out of the interpersonal relationship have only independent effect on the therapeutic alliance and there IS no interactive effect.