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On the Seashore of an Endless World, Children Play

Using Transactional Analysis in Play Therapy With Children

Pages 128-141
Published online: 28 Dec 2017
 
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The author discusses intuition, creativity, aspirations, and play and suggests that these areas of experience are resources for therapeutic intervention in childhood. The thoughts of Eric Berne, Donald Winnicott, and Marion Milner intertwine with the voices of contemporary transactional analysts to comprise the theoretical basis of this article. The author draws on her years of clinical experience with children to offer a contemporary vision of the use of transactional analysis in psychotherapy during important developmental ages. The article concludes with a case example.

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Cinzia Chiesa

Author Biography
Cinzia Chiesa is a psychologist and Provisional Teaching and Supervising Transactional Analyst (psychotherapy). She is a child psychotherapist at CPAT and at the Centro de Psicologia di Analisi Transazionale in Milan and a teacher and supervisor. She can be reached at Via Gentile Bellini 10, 20146 Milan, Italy; email: . The original version of this article was published under the title “Sulle spiagge di mondi senza fine, giocano I bambini” [On the Seashore of an Endless World, Children Play] in Quaderni di Psicologia Analisi Transazionale e Scienze Umane, Vol. 60, 2013. The version published here is new and updated.