Innovations in play therapy : issues, process, and special populations / edited by Garry L. Landreth.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Landreth, Garry L.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Play therapy.

Psychotherapy.

Physical Description:

xii, 369 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, PA : Brunner-Routledge, [2001]

Summary:

This book is unique in exploring the process of conducting short-term intensive group play therapy and the subsequent results. It focuses on play therapy with special populations of aggressive acting-out children, autistic children, chronically ill children, traumatized children, selective mute children, disassociative identity disorder adults with child alters, and the elderly.

The book addresses such vital issues as how play therapy helps children, confidentiality in working with children, how to work with parents, and what the play therapist needs to know about medications for children. The difficult dimension of diagnosis is clarified through specific descriptions of how the play therapist can use play behaviors to diagnose physical abuse, sexual abuse, and emotional maladjustment in children.

Contents:

I. Special Considerations For The Role Of The Play Therapist

1 Facilitative Dimensions of Play in the Play Therapy Process / Garry L. Landreth 3

2 Essential Personality Characteristics of Effective Play Therapists / Tina Edling Harris, Garry L. Landreth 23

3 Cultural Considerations in Play Therapy / Geraldine J. Glover 31

4 Play Therapy with Chinese Children: Needed Modifications / Shu-Chen Kao, Garry L. Landreth 43

5 What the Play Therapist Needs to Know about Medications / Daniel S. Sweeney, Ross J. Tatum 51

6 Legal and Ethical Issues in Play Therapy / Daniel S. Sweeney 65

7 The Parents' Part in the Play Therapy Process / Jodi Crane 83

II. Clinical Innovations In Play As A Diagnostic Tool

8 Play Therapy Behaviors of Physically Abused Children / JoAnna White, Kay Draper, Nancy Pittard Jones 99

9 Play Therapy Behaviors of Sexually Abused Children / Meredith K. Ater 119

10 Identifying Sexually Abused Children in Play Therapy / Linda E. Homeyer 131

11 Diagnostic Assessment of Children's Play Therapy Behavior / Lessie H. Perry, Garry L. Landreth 155

III. Innovative Procedures In Play Therapy

12 Child-Centered Group Play Therapy / Garry L. Landreth, Daniel S. Sweeney 181

13 Intensive Short-Term Group Play Therapy / Ashley Tyndall-Lind, Garry L. Landreth 203

14 Short-Term Play Therapy / Shaunda Peterson Johnson 217

IV. Play Therapy With Special Populations

15 Play Therapy with Aggressive Acting-Out Children / Shaunda Peterson Johnson, Patricia Clark 239

16 Play Therapy with Autistic Children / Wynne Mittledorf, Shirley Hendricks, Garry L. Landreth 257

17 Play Therapy for Children with Chronic Illness / Elizabeth Murphy Jones 271

18 Play Therapy with Traumatized Children: A Crisis Response / Pamela Webb 289

19 Play Therapy with Selective Mute Children / Phyllis Post 303

20 Play Therapy with Dissociative Identity Disorder Clients with Child Alters / Jeffrey W. Klein, Garry L. Landreth 323

21 Play Therapy with the Elderly / Pat Ledyard Haynes 335

22 Have Toys

Will Travel: A Traveling Play Therapist in the School Setting / Brenda Niel, Garry L. Landreth 349.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1560328819

OCLC:

44627458