To formalize the agreement between client and therapist regarding legal rights and responsibilities of each, as well as the financial responsibilities of the client, using this contract format.

To illustrate the stages and the value of client-centered play therapy as a viable technique for young children.

To increase awareness of where one is in the recovery process through a directive therapeutic approach.

To provide information about a technique that suggests using a competing response to eliminate nail biting, thumbsucking, stuttering, tics, and hair pulling.

To provide information about co-therapy where the therapist uses the client to offer suggestions to a family member as a way to help the client in a solution-based therapeutic approach.

To increase knowledge about major depressive disorder.

To increase knowledge about a technique which helps depressed or aggressive clients find a safe vehicle to express frustration in a gentler fashion.

To introduce how spiritual symbolism, solace, and healing can be found in nature.