Jungian Play Therapy : Bridging the Theoretical to the Practical
Sexual abuse of young children may produce deeppsychical scars: children may internalize the aberrant
feelings, images, and bodily sensations associated with
abuse, which obfuscates and obstructs psychological
development (Allan & Bertoi, 1992; Allan & Brown,
1993). Jungian play therapy promotes psychical
healing by emphasizing the salience of the positive
therapeutic dyad and encouraging the emergence of the
self-healing archetype that is embedded within
children’s psyches (Allan, 1988). Once the self-healing
archetype unfolds within the therapeutic container,
children will play out themes significant to their inner
struggles (Thompson & Allan, 1987). By reconciling
polarities that surface within the playroom, Jungian play
therapists facilitate children’s inner healing by working
through complexes centering on internal struggles,
which may include the dichotomies of good and evil,
shame and pride, and condemnation and redemption
(Kalsched, 1996).
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