Description
Book SynopsisThis is a practical handbook for therapists working with children, drawing on the authors' twenty-five years of experience in practice and teaching. It contains clear instructions for the beginning therapist who wants to know how to use play to diagnose and treat children suffering from depression, behavior problems, separation, and loss.
Trade ReviewIn A Guide to Child Therapy, Max and Geri Price have produced a gem of a book that will be a major source of information and help for students who are interested in learning to do play therapy as well as for seasoned professionals who are interested in improving and developing their skills. This book is broad based, using various psychotherapeutic techniques and strategies applicable to play therapy with children. There is a wealth of practical experience covering everything from furnishing a play therapy office through assessment and extended treatment. Ideas are presented in clear prose that is well organized, flows effortlessly, and communicates very effectively. If one were to have only one book on the shelf dealing with play therapy, this is the book. It is a joy to read. -- C. Eugene Walker, Ph.D., University of Oklahoma Medical School
In this book, Max and Geri Price provide us with the wisdom of years of experience in working with troubled, often traumatized, children. Faculty charged with teaching and supervising play therapy will find that this book contains extensive practical material on the theories, diagnostics, and techniques of play therapy, targeted at helping students integrate their academic knowledge into competent professional practice. Both the novice and the accomplished therapist will gain volumes from the Prices' vision as they share not just the science, but the genuine art of play therapy. As a result, we will all do a better job of helping those children whose lives are entrusted to our care. -- Thomas J. Vaughn, Ph.D., director, Oklahoma Health Consortium Clinical Psychology Internship Program
