| Description |
xii, 369 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
This book is unique in exploring the process of conducting short-term intensive group play therapy and the subsequent results. It focuses on play therapy with special populations of aggressive acting-out children, autistic children, chronically ill children, traumatized children, selective mute children, disassociative identity disorder adults with child alters, and the elderly. The book addresses such vital issues as how play therapy helps children, confidentiality in working with children, how to work with parents, and what the play therapist needs to know about medications for children. The difficult dimension of diagnosis is clarified through specific descriptions of how the play therapist can use play behaviors to diagnose physical abuse, sexual abuse, and emotional maladjustment in children. |
| Contents |
Special considerations for the role of the play therapist. Facilitative dimensions of play in the play therapy process / Garry L. Landreth ; Essential personality characteristics of effective play therapists / Tina Edling Harris and Garry L. Landreth ; Cultural considerations in play therapy / Geraldine J. Glover ; Play therapy with Chinese children : needed modifications / Shu-Chen Kao and Garry L. Landreth ; What the play therapist needs to know about medications / Daniel S. Sweeney and Ross J. Tatum ; Legal and ethical issues in play therapy / Daniel S. Sweeney ; The parents' part in the play therapy process / Jodi Crane -- Clinical innovations in play as a diagnostic tool. Play therapy behaviors of physically abused children / JoAnna White, Kay Draper, and Nancy Pittard Jones ; Play therapy behaviors of sexually abused children / Meredith K. Ater ; Identifying sexually abused children in play therapy / Linda E. Homeyer ; Diagnostic assessment of children's play therapy behavior / Lessie H. Perry and Garry L. Landreth -- Innovative procedures in play therapy. Child-centered group play therapy / Garry L. Landreth and Daniel S. Sweeney ; Intensive short-term group play therapy / Ashley Tyndall-Lind and Garry L. Landreth ; Short-term play therapy / Shaunda Peterson Johnson -- Play therapy with special populations. Play therapy with aggressive acting-out children / Shaunda Peterson Johnson and Patricia Clark ; Play therapy with autistic children / Wynne Mittledorf, Shirley Hendricks, and Garry L. Landreth ; Play therapy for children with chronic illness / Elizabeth Murphy Jones ; Play therapy with traumatized children : a crisis response / Pamela Webb ; Play therapy with selective mute children / Phyllis Post ; Play therapy with dissociative identity disorder clients with child alters / Jeffrey W. Klein and Garry L. Landreth ; Play therapy with the elderly / Pat Ledyard Haynes ; Have toys, will travel : a traveling play therapist in the school setting / Brenda Niel and Garry L. Landreth. |
| Subject |
Play therapy.
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Psychotherapy.
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Play Therapy -- methods.
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Psychology, Child.
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| Added Author |
Landreth, Garry L.
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| ISBN |
1560328819 paperback alkaline paper |
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9781560328810 paperback alkaline paper |
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