title: Five analogies between a King's Speech treatment and contemporary play therapies.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Psychiatric patients frequently respond positively to play therapy, which may rely on psychoanalytic, Jungian, cognitive-behavioral, familial, school-based, or other theories. I wished to determine if there were unifying principles that tie together these various types of play treatments.
  
  
  METHODS
  The fact-based film, The King's Speech, vividly illustrates play utilized by Lionel Logue in his speech treatment (1926-1939) of the future King of England. In the film I found five analogies to the play therapy I employ in office practice.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The play scenes in The King's Speech point to five unifying principles among contemporary play therapies: (1) the crucial nature of the relationship, (2) the centrality of having fun, (3) the occasional reliance on others, (4) the interjection of pithy talk, and (5) the usefulness of a little drama.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  No matter what theory a play therapist ascribes to, these five unifying principles should be kept in mind during treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA 94108, USA. Scott.terrmd@sbcglobal.net
authors.forename: Lenore C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Terr
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009040:Motion Pictures; D009769:Object Attachment; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D010989:Play Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D011577:Psychodrama / Q000379:methods; D013342:Stuttering / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome