Description
Book SynopsisThe clinically indispensable guide to using play in therapy, revised and updated. Featuring new approaches developed since the publication of the successful first edition, The Play Therapy Primer, Second Edition offers health care professionals and students a balance of fundamentals, theory, and practical techniques for using play in therapy.
Table of ContentsDefinition and History of Play Therapy.
Theories of Play Therapy.
Diversity Issues.
A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR THE PRACTICE OF INDIVIDUAL PLAYTHERAPY.
Theoretical Underpinnings of Play Therapy.
Basic Assumptions of Ecosystemic Play Therapy.
THE COURSE OF INDIVIDUAL PLAY THERAPY.
The Intake Process.
Assessment, Case Formulation, and Treatment Planning.
Beginning Treatment.
Making Play Therapy Sessions Therapeutic.
Developmental and Phase-Specific Modifications of Ecosystemic PlayTherapy.
Transference and Countertransference.
Collateral Work.
Termination.
Case Examples: Denis and Dianne.
ECOSYSTEMIC PLAY THERAPY FOR GROUPS.
Group Play Therapy.
References.
Author Index.
Subject Index.
