Clear and marvelously simple, this manual will be an invaluable addition to any professional's or student's library. A Jason Aronson Book

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Introduction : The therapeutic powers of play / Heidi Gerard Kaduson and Charles E. Schaefer -- Sandtray therapy / Daniel S. Sweeney -- Doll play / Julie Blundon Nash -- Block play / Mary Anne Peabody -- The use of children's drawing in ...

Filled with case studies, learning activities, and classroom exercises, this book presents extensive coverage of play therapy applications such as setting goals and treatment planning, as well as recommendations for family and systemic ...

Cognitive-Behavioral Play Therapy (CBPT) incorporates cognitive and behavioral interventions within a play therapy paradigm.

Discover why play therapy works and how to use it to treat childhood mental health challenges such as: ADHD Anxiety Autism Disruptive Behavior Disorders Depression OCD PTSD Trauma Self-Esteem Social Skills Play Therapy is filled with dozens ...

"The most brilliant and intuitive, as well as the clearest written, work in this field. It is unpretentious yet clearly the most authoritative work that has been published.

In this work, child therapist, Clark Moustakas, demonstrates how play can be used to free children to express their tensions, conflicts and frustrations.

Both show unconscious content, defensive needs, and interpersonal and transferential relationships. As therapists, we can search for the same underlying dynamics we would look for in these other symbolic expressions.".

This book describes how therapists can both facilitate constructive play therapy and intervene in posttraumatic play to help children who have been traumatized by abuse or neglect achieve a positive resolution.