title: Spontaneous peer psychotherapy in a day care setting: a case report.
abstract: Some of the literature on the importance of peer interaction in child mental health is reviewed. A case study of spontaneous peer psychotherapy in a day care setting is described, in which a younger girl aids in the socialization of a withdrawn, older boy. Suggestions for the further study of the day care setting as a psychotherapeutic milieu are offered.
mesh_terms: D002656:Child Day Care Centers; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D010379:Peer Group; D010988:Play and Playthings; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods*