Description
Book SynopsisPresenting effective play therapy techniques, the authors suggest possible diagnoses and both case study and empirical support for play therapy as the treatment of choice with a range of presenting problems. It offers a digest of some of the most significant play therapy literature for practicing play therapists and researchers.
Trade ReviewA gold mine of useful information. -- Terry Kottman
In this volume play therapy articles and dissertations published over the past fifty years are digested for ease of reference. -- Charles E. Schaefer, From the first edition, 1996
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Abuse & Neglect Chapter 2 Aggression and Acting-Out Chapter 3 Attachment Difficulties Chapter 4 Autism Chapter 5 Burn Victims Chapter 6 Chronic Illness Chapter 7 Deaf and Physically Challenged Children Chapter 8 Dissociation and Schizophrenia Chapter 9 Emotionally Disturbed Children Chapter 10 Enuresis and Encopresis Problems Chapter 11 Fear and Anxiety Chapter 12 Grief Chapter 13 Hospitalization Chapter 14 Learning-Disabled Children Chapter 15 Mentally Challenged (Handicapped) Chapter 16 Reading Difficulties Chapter 17 Selective Mutism Chapter 18 Self-Concept and Self-Esteem Chapter 19 Social Adjustment Problems Chapter 20 Speech Difficulties Chapter 21 Traumatization Chapter 22 Withdrawn Children
