Penerapan Terapi Bermain untuk Mengurangi Kecemasan pada Anak Selective Mutism The Application of Play Therapy to Reduce Anxiety at Children with Selective Mutism

Abstract

The research was aimed to see how play therapy can reduce anxiety at selective mutism children. Selective Mutism is a disorder at child phase signed by talking failure at some situation but they can talk in other situation and occurred before 5s years old. In general way caused by pleonastic ashamed or anxiety. The anxiety can seen through physical characteristic, behavior, and cognitive. One of the handling way is applying play therapy with interactive approach. The research is done with qualitative approach, use observation and interview. The subjects is twin child attain the age of 3'd years old that suffer selective mutism. The result of research shows that application of play therapy can reduce anxiety for children with selective mutism disorder