一名幼儿园大班的男孩因过度依赖母亲、激烈地与哥哥竞争、过度讨好父母的言行前来咨询。在咨询过程中,咨询师创造性地把神奇动物游戏与合作性讲故事技术结合,与来访者开展了6次面谈,面谈中通过4种不同的神奇动物图画及其故事,理解儿童内在世界的变化和发展。该案例中所使用的神奇动物游戏由Handler创立,是一种通过投射绘画和故事创作进行的表达性艺术治疗技术,尤其适合儿童及情绪发展水平较低的来访者。在咨询过程中,咨询师将该技术结合互讲故事,在儿童本人创造元素的基础上,与孩子共同创造一个“量身定制”的故事,故事中既包含当事人核心的冲突,又通过挖掘孩子自身的积极资源,为问题的解决提供更多的可能性。最终,通过神奇动物游戏,咨询师找到了当事人出现困扰的原因,并帮助他将其与哥哥的竞争关系转变成模仿和学习,从而减轻其过度依赖母亲、过度讨好父母的行为。通过该案例可以看到神奇动物游戏对低龄来访者的适用性,以及其作为一种富有创造性和隐喻的干预手段,在促进儿童情感表达与行为转变方面具有特殊价值。
This case report details the psychological counseling of a kindergarten-aged boy who presented with excessive attachment to his mother, intense sibling rivalry with his elder brother, and overly ingratiating behaviors towards his parents. During the counseling process, the therapist innovatively combined the fantasy animal game with the mutual storytelling technique. Six sessions were conducted, utilizing four different fantasy animal drawings and their corresponding stories to understand the changes and development within the child's inner world. The fantasy animal game, founded by Handler, is a form of expressive arts therapy that employs projective drawing and story creation, particularly suitable for children and clients with lower levels of emotional developmental. In the sessions, the therapist combined this technique with mutual storytelling, jointly creating a "tailor-made" story with the child based on elements the child generated. This story not only encompassed the client's core conflicts but also, by uncovering the child's own positive internal resources, offered more possibilities and solutions. Ultimately, through the fantasy animal game, the therapist identified the root causes of the client's distress and helped him transform his competitive relationship with his brother into one of imitation and learning, thereby alleviating his excessive attachment to his mother and overly ingratiating behaviors towards his parents. This case demonstrates the applicability of the fantasy animal game for younger clients and its special value as a creative and metaphor-rich intervention in promoting children's emotional expression and behavioral change.
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