This second edition explores the use of play therapy with abused children as a way of helping them heal their distress and make sense of their experiences through expanding their own creativity in play. The book provides practical ways of starting play therapy with abused children and explains how the child can use this process for healing.
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.
Introducing a practical model of play therapy for traumatized children Some of the most rewarding work a therapist can do is help a child recover from a traumatic event.
This book is unique in exploring the process of conducting short-term intensive group play therapy and the subsequent results.
Kaplan, B., Wapner, S.,_and Cohen, S. B. (1976). Exploratory applications of the organismic developmental approach to man-in-environment transactions. In Experiencing the Environment, eds. S. Wapner, S. B. Cohen, and B. Kaplan.
This book has been replaced by Cultural Issues in Play Therapy, Second Edition, ISBN 978-1-4625-4690-9.
Workers have identified a cluster of problems exhibited by sexually abused children , varying in intensity , duration and type from child to child ( Berliner , 1990 ; Porter , Blick and Sgroi , 1982 ) .
Another disagreement between A. Freud and Klein was about whether the preoedipal child could be analyzed. Anna Freud's position was that a child who could not form an oedipal object relationship with the therapist could not be analyzed; ...
An essential guide that focuses on play therapy in schools This landmark reference presents an A-to-Z guide for using play therapy in preschool and elementary school settings to help...
From leading expert Eliana Gil, this book provides child clinicians with essential knowledge and tools for evaluating and working with posttraumatic play.
Representing the latest refinements of thought in this field, Handbook of Child Sexual Abuse: Identification, Assessment, and Treatment combines the most current research with a wealth of clinical experience.