Digital Commons Network^™

Counseling Children Who Speak A Language In Which The Counselor Is Not Fluent: Play Therapy And Counselor Perceived Self-Efficacy, Roy Salgado

University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

This study investigated 9 variables to determine their relationship to the frequency of use of "Play Therapy" or non- verbal counseling techniques by elementary school counselors as well as their relationship to counselor perceived self-efficacy when counseling children who speak a language in which the counselor is not fluent. The notion of placing an emphasis on "Play Therapy" or non- verbal counseling techniques with such a population has emerged as a possible therapeutic intervention when working with individuals from a cultural background which is different from that of the counselor. Researchers in counseling have noted the importance of providing adequate …