ABSTRACT
This chapter presents three additional exercises that are also movement-oriented. However, in these exercises, the movement and play elements encourage the creation of concrete images that may represent the individual’s inner world, and serve as a basis for observation. The three exercises are: Squiggle, Animals in the Forest and Splashing Paint with Syringes. In all the exercises, the therapist invites the parent and child to participate in a joint game together that functions at different levels of regression. In the Nechama and Limor example, as in other joint works, the creative work evoked themes of independence, dependence, and closeness in the relationship between parent and child. Children may need help filling their syringes. During the second round, the parent and child each fill their syringes with one of the diluted colors on the table and try to squirt the color on the shape they made.
