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The most interesting conceptual framework that I think I would like to use in my clinical work would be play therapy. Play therapy is widely used as an intervention for children's emotional and behavioral problems. (Ray, 2007) Since I am placed in an elementary school for my internship and plan on pursuing a career in the schools, my work would be done with children. Other theories may not be as easily applied to children as play therapy would be. Sometimes just sitting down with children and trying to get them to talk doesn’t work. Adults have the verbal ability to express their thoughts and emotions, whereas young children have not yet developed adequate skills to do so. (Wittenborn et al., 2006) In play therapy, toys are viewed as the child's words and play as the child's language. (Landreth, 2002)
Under the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) National Model (2005), Child Centered Play Therapy is categorized as a direct counseling intervention provided to......

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