Play therapy : the art of the relationship / Garry L. Landreth.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Landreth, Garry L.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Play therapy.

Physical Description:

xviii, 408 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Brunner-Routledge, 2002.

Contents:

1 About Me, Garry Landreth 1

Principles for Relationships with Children 5

2 The Meaning of Play 9

Functions of Play 9

Symbolic Play 11

Children Communicate Through Play 14

Play in the Therapeutic Process 16

Stages in the Play Therapy Process 20

Play of Adjusted and Maladjusted Children 23

3 History and Development of Play Therapy 27

Psychoanalytic Play Therapy 29

Release Play Therapy 32

Relationship Play Therapy 34

Nondirective Play Therapy 35

Play Therapy in Elementary Schools 35

Association for Play Therapy 37

University Training 38

Center for Play Therapy 38

Filial Therapy 39

Trends in Play Therapy 40

Play Therapy Results 43

4 A View of Children 53

Tenets for Relating to Children 53

Children Are Resilient 55

Some Children Are Like Popcorn, and Some Are Like Molasses 57

5 Child-Centered Play Therapy 59

Personality Theory 60

A Child-Centered View of Personality and Behavior 64

Adjustment and Maladjustment 67

Therapeutic Conditions for Growth 70

The Therapeutic Relationship 79

What Children Learn in Play Therapy 89

6 The Play Therapist 95

Creating Differences 96

Being There 97

Personality Characteristics 98

Therapist Self-Understanding 102

Therapist Self-Acceptance 105

Role of the Play Therapist 108

Ryan

A Dying Child in Play Therapy 110

Supervised Practice Facilitates Self-Insight 116

The Inner Struggle of a Beginning Play Therapist 118

Recommended Training Program 120

7 The Playroom and Materials 125

Playroom Location 126

Playroom Size 126

Playroom Characteristics 127

Other Settings for Play Therapy 130

Rationale for Selecting Toys and Materials 132

Categories of Toys 138

Totebag Playroom 143

Recommended Toys and Materials for the Playroom 144

Special Considerations 146

Suggested Titles for the Play Therapy Program in Schools 148

Implementing a Play Therapy Program in Schools 148

8 The Parent's Part in the Process 151

Background Information 152

Must Parents Also Be in Therapy? 154

The Parent Interview 157

Obtain Permission from Legal Guardian 165

Psychiatric Referral 166

Explaining Play Therapy to Parents 166

Preparing Parents for Separation 169

9 Beginning the Relationship: The Child's Hour 173

Objectives of the Relationship 174

Making Contact with the Child 176

The Initial Encounter in the Waiting Room 179

Structuring the Relationship in the Playroom 182

Responding to the Reluctant, Anxious Child 187

The Child's View of the Play Therapy Relationship 189

Questioning Techniques of Children 193

Explaining the Observation Mirror and Recording 200

Taking Notes During the Session 202

Play Therapists' Reactions to Their First Sessions 203

Basic Dimensions of the Relationship 204

10 Characteristics of Facilitative Responses 207

Sensitive Understanding: Being With 208

Caring Acceptance 209

Details of Therapeutic Responsiveness 211

Facilitative Responses 215

Returning Responsibility to Children 221

Typical Nonfacilitative Responses 224

Paul

A Fearful, Acting-Out Child in Play Therapy 232

11 Therapeutic Limit Setting 245

Basic Guidelines in Limit Setting 245

When to Present Limits 248

Rationale for Therapeutic Limits 249

Procedures in Therapeutic Limit Setting 258

Steps in the Therapeutic Limit-Setting Process 259

When Limits Are Broken 262

Tentativeness in Limit Setting 265

Situational Limits 266

Beginning Play Therapists' Reactions to Setting Limits 272

12 Typical Problems in Play Therapy and What to Do If... 273

What to Do If the Child Is Silent 274

What to Do If the Child Wants to Bring Toys or Food into the Playroom 276

What to Do If the Child Is Overly Dependent 277

What to Do If the Child Persists in Seeking Praise 279

What to Do If the Child Says You Talk Weird 282

What to Do If the Child Wants the Therapist to Play a Guessing Game 283

What to Do If the Child Asks for Expressions of Affection 284

What to Do If the Child Wants to Hug or Sit in the Therapist's Lap 286

What to Do If the Child Tries to Steal a Toy 287

What to Do If the Child Refuses to Leave the Playroom 289

What to Do If the Therapist Unexpectedly Cannot Keep an Appointment 291

13 Issues in Play Therapy 293

Confidentiality 293

Participation in the Child's Play 295

Accepting Gifts from Children in Play Therapy 299

Giving the Child a Reward at the End of Sessions or a Memento at Termination 302

Asking the Child to Clean Up 303

Informing Children of the Reason They Are in Play Therapy 306

Bringing a Friend to the Playroom 307

Inviting Parents or Siblings to the Playroom 310

14 Intensive and Short-Term Play Therapy 311

Intensive Play Therapy 312

Short-Term Play Therapy 316

15 Children in Play Therapy 321

Nancy

From Baldness to Curls 322

Cindy

A Manipulative Child 330

Amy

A Selective Mute Child 340

Significance of Sibling Goup Play Therapy 348

16 Determining Therapeutic Process and Termination 351

Determining Therapeutic Movement Within Sessions 352

Dimensions of Change 353

The Meaning of Termination 356

Reference Points for Determining Termination 357

Procedures for Ending the Relationship 360

Children's Reactions to the Last Session 362

17 Filial Therapy: Child-Parent-Relationship Training (CPR for Parents) 365

Parental Efficacy 366

Historical Development of Filial Therapy 368

The Process of Filial Therapy 370

Selecting Parents 373

Group Format for Training 376

Structure and Content of the Training Sessions 378

Research and Evaluation 388.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1583913270

OCLC:

49493162