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Play therapy : a psychodynamic primer for the treatment of young children / Pamela Meersand, Karen J. Gilmore/
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Meersand, Pamela, 1956-
- Gilmore, Karen J., 1948- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Play therapy.
- Child psychotherapy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (469 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Arlington, Virginia : American Psychiatric Association Publishing, 2018.
- Summary:
- Offering a skillful balance of broad but coherent foundational information as well as practical application, this book functions both as an introduction for young therapists and as a guide for more experienced child clinicians.
- Contents:
- Why play therapy? Introduction to the psychodynamic treatment of young children
- Play, playfulness, and the sequence of play forms in development
- Pretend play
- Play in the digital age
- Basic psychodynamic concepts and their use in play therapy
- Therapeutic action and the multiple functions of play therapy
- Play and developmental psychopathology, deprivation, or disability
- The logistics
- Getting started, creating an alliance and facilitating play
- Working with parents over the course of treatment
- Deepening play therapy via verbalizing inner states, expanding narratives and working
- With transference and defense
- Ending play therapy and the process of termination
- Play therapy, variations in development and serious psychopathology.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781615373666
- 1615373667
- 9781615371440
- 1615371443
- OCLC:
- 1024275165
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