Full Description
Now in a significantly revised second edition featuring 85% new material, this authoritative play therapy reference and text comprehensively reviews the current state of the field. Expert contributors describe theoretical foundations, showcase widely used clinical approaches, and explore challenging and timely professional issues. The book presents vivid case illustrations and synthesizes the play therapy research base. Chapters on specific populations (such as neurodivergent children, culturally diverse children, adolescents) and clinical problems (such as trauma, disrupted attachment, anxiety) provide engaging course content and the knowledge therapists need to tailor interventions effectively.
New to This Edition
Chapters on Gestalt play therapy, prescriptive play therapy, group play therapy, and nature-based play therapy.
Chapters on racial trauma, chronic illness, depression and suicidality, and attachment trauma.
Chapters on working with infants and parents, immigrant children and families, and LGBTQIA+ youth.
Chapters on telemental health, resilience, parent consultation, and working within child protection and legal systems.
Enhanced focus on research, with new coeditor Dee C. Ray bringing particular expertise.
Contents
Foreword, Stuart Brown
I. Seminal Theories of Play Therapy
1. Child-Centered Play Therapy, Dee Ray & Garry Landreth
2. Theraplay®: An Attachment Theory-Based Treatment for Relational and Developmental Healing, Phyllis Booth, Sandra Lindaman, & Fiona Peacock
3. Adlerian Play Therapy, Terry Kottman & Jeff Ashby
4. Psychodynamic Play Therapy, John B. Mordock
5. Gestalt Play Therapy: Shared Journey toward Integration, Felicia Carroll
6. Jungian Analytical Play Therapy, John Paul "JP" Lilly
7. Cognitive-Behavioral Play Therapy, Susan Knell
8. Filial Therapy: The 10-Session Child-Parent Relationship Therapy Model, Sue Bratton, Alyssa Swan, Kristie Opiola, & Garry Landreth
II. Approaches to Play Therapy
9. Prescriptive Play Therapy, Athena Drewes
10. Animal-Assisted Play Therapy, Risë VanFleet & Tracie Faa-Thompson
11. Family Play Therapy: Engaging Families in Novel Ways, Eliana Gil & Tim Baima
12. Sand Therapy as a Play Therapy Experience, Linda Homeyer & Marshall Lyles
13. Group Play Therapy, Yi-Ju Cheng & Dee C. Ray
14. Nature-Based Play Therapy: A Trauma-Informed Approach, Anne Stewart, Julia Linger, Jennifer Nelson-Faulconer, & Hannah Pellegrino Jarrett
III. Cogent Issues in Play Therapy
15. Multiculturalism and Cultural Humility in Play Therapy, LaKaavia Taylor & Krystal K. Turner
16. Play Therapy Supervision, Natalya Ann Lindo & Stephanie Carr
17. Research in Play Therapy, Dee C. Ray
18. Neuroscience Informs Play Therapy Theory and Practice, Richard L. Gaskill & Jeanne Brown
19. Ethics in Play Therapy: Considerations for Clinical Practice, Jeffrey S. Ashby, Kathleen McKinney Clark, & Marieke van Nuenen
20. Telemental Health Play Therapy: A Multidimensional Exploration, Jessica Stone & Rachel Altvater
21. Resilience in Trauma-Informed Play Therapy, David A. Crenshaw & Amanda Asam
22. Using Play Therapy to Heal the Hidden Wounds of Racial Trauma, Ariel Marrero
23. Parent Consultation and Paradigm Shifts in Play Therapy, Paris Goodyear-Brown
24. Play Therapy Practice in the Schools, Pedro J. Blanco & Ryan Holliman
25. Systemic Applications: The Play Therapist, Child Protection, and the Legal System, Sueann Kenney-Noziska
26. Play Therapy for Children with Chronic Illnesses, Sara M. Loftin & Kristie Opiola
27. The Practice of Being Present: Cultivating a Space for Play to Emerge, Bonnie Badenoch
IV. Play Therapy with Special Populations
28. Facilitating Parental Attunement in Infant Play Therapy, Janet Courtney
29. Play Therapy with Adolescents, Brijin Gardner
30. Play Therapy with Adults, Denis Thomas
31. Play Therapy and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Neurodiversity-Affirming Considerations, Sarah Tucker
32. Using Play Therapy for Children's Anxiety, Fear, and Phobias, Angela Cavett
33. Play Therapy and Depression and Suicidality in Children and Adolescents, Elizabeth Burgin
34. Implementing Play Therapy with Neurodivergent Children, Robert Jason Grant & Kevin Hull
35. Play Therapy with Disruptive Behavior in Children and Adolescents, David A. Crenshaw and Courtney Doyle
36. Play Therapy with Immigrant Children and Families, Peggy Ceballos & Elizabeth V. Aguilar
37. Healing Attachment Trauma in Child-Centered Play Therapy, Alyssa Swan & Sue Bratton
38. Treatment of Child Sexual Abuse: A Practical Guide for Play Therapists, Janine Shelby
39. Working with LGBTQIA+ Youth in the Playroom, Quinn K. Smelser
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