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초록

The purpose of this study was to develop a theory explaining the experience of play therapists who were sent to an elementary school as a part of community professional resource connection. 8 participants were recruited and focus group interviews were analyzed based on grounded theory, yielding 90 concepts, 25 sub-categories, 11 categories of major themes. The phenomena were identified as ‘struggles as play therapists who were sent to a school setting’ and ‘distress in building cooperative relationships with the many significant others of the client.’ The process of the play therapists’ experience included the following: (1) Experiencing confusion in school-based play therapy, (2) Overcoming challenges through supervision and peer consultation, (3) Experiencing a deep therapeutic relationship and the personal meaning of the therapeutic relationship, (4) Moving a step forward through the process of integrating knowledge, skills, and personal experience, and (5) Discovering the meaning of school-based play therapy. These findings suggest a number of implications for mental health professionals and school personnel to promote the further development of school-based play therapy in an effort to support community children and their families

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