TTLV: Psychological intervention for children with 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. Student recognition decision No. 2705/2020/QD-XHNV dated December 24, 2020 of the President of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi

6. Changes in training process: no

7. Thesis topic: Psychological intervention for children with behavioral disorders

8. Major: Clinical Psychology; Code: 8310401.02

9. Scientific advisor: Associate Professor Tran Thu Huong, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, VNU

10. Summary of thesis results:

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

The main content of the thesis focuses on reporting the assessment and intervention process for a case of a child with behavioral disorders based on the Winnicott play therapy approach with therapeutic tools such as: family tree, transference analysis, tactical games, animal puppets, means of transport, wooden blocks, etc. These tools are used by psychologists 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 explore emotions every day using an emotional tracking chart.

After 11 intervention sessions, intervention effectiveness evaluation based on parents' opinions showed a significant reduction in behavioral disorders in children.

11. Practical application:

Winnicott's approach to play therapy can be completely applied in the practice of therapy for children in Vietnam. The thesis presents the process according to the steps of performing a clinical case, assessing, planning therapy and conducting therapy according to Winnicott's stages of therapy.

12. Further 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