TTLV: Psychological intervention for children exhibiting behavioral disorders

1. Student's full name: Tran Thi Kam Ly 2. Gender: Female

3. Date of birth: April 21, 1997

4. Place of birth: Thai Tho, Thai Thuy, Thai Binh

5. Decision on student admission No. 2705/2020/QD-XHNV dated December 24, 2020, of the Rector of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

6. Changes in the training process: none

7. Thesis title: Psychological intervention for children exhibiting behavioral disorders

8. Specialization: Clinical Psychology; Code: 8310401.02

9. Scientific Advisor: Assoc. Prof. Tran Thu Huong, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi

10. Summary of the thesis results:

This thesis presents an overview of behavioral disorders based on Winnicott's psychopathological perspective on psychological issues, and on his theory of play therapy.

The central content of this thesis focuses on reporting the assessment and intervention process for a case of a child with behavioral disorder based on the Winnicott play therapy approach with therapeutic tools such as: family trees, shift analysis, tactical games, animal puppets, transportation, wooden blocks, etc. These tools are used by the psychologist to achieve the following goals in the intervention process: (1) Building a trusting therapeutic relationship, (2) Forming rules/principles, (3) Building healthy friendships. In addition, the psychologist guides parents and children to assess and understand emotions each day using an emotion tracking chart.

Following an 11-session intervention program, an evaluation of intervention effectiveness based on parents' feedback showed a significant reduction in behavioral disorders in children.

11. Practical applications:

The Winnicott play therapy approach is fully applicable in the practice of child therapy in Vietnam. This thesis presents the step-by-step process of conducting a clinical case, assessment, therapy planning, and therapy implementation according to Winnicott's therapeutic phases.

12. Future research directions: none

13. Published works related to the thesis: None

INFORMATION ON MASTER'S THESIS

1. Full name: Tran Thi Kam Ly 2. Sex: Female

3. Date of birth: 21st April 1997 4. Place of birth: Thai Tho, Thai Thuy, Thai Binh

5. Admission decision number: 2705/2020/ QD-XHNV 24th December 2020 of the Principal of University of Social Sciences and Humanities - Vietnam National University, Hanoi

6. Changes in academic process: None

7. Official thesis title: Psychological interventions for children with behavioral disorder symptoms.

8. Major: Clinical psychology 9. Code: 8310401.02

10. Supervisors: Assoc. Prof. Tran Thu Huong

11. Summary of the findings of the thesis:

The thesis presents an overview of behavioral disorders based on Winnicott's psychopathological perspective on psychological problems, and his theoretical system of play therapy.

The main content of the thesis focuses on the assessment report and intervention process for a case of a child with behavioral disorder symptoms based on Winnicott's approach to play therapy with therapeutic tools such as: genogram, transference analysis, strategy games, puppets (animal, vehicles, house,...), wooden blocks … These tools were used by the psychologist to accomplish the following goals in the interventions: (1) build a trusting therapeutic relationship, (2) form a rule, (3) build a healthy friendship. In addition, the psychologist guided parents and children to assess and learn about emotions every day by using an emotion monitoring board.

After 11 intervention sessions, the evaluation of the effectiveness of the intervention based on the parents' opinions showed that behavioral disorder symptoms in children

significantly reduced.

12. Practical applicability, if any:

Winnicott's play therapy approach can be fully applied in therapeutic practice for children in Vietnam. The thesis presents the step-by-step process of psychotherapy for a clinical case, evaluating, planning therapy and conducting therapy according to Winnicott's stages of therapy.

13. Further research directions, if any: None

14. Thesis-related publications: None