Description
Highly practical and user friendly, this book presents 58 play therapy techniques that belong in every child clinician's toolbox. The expert authors draw from multiple theoretical orientations to showcase powerful, well-established approaches applicable to a broad range of childhood problems. Activities, needed materials, and variations of each technique are succinctly described. Of critical importance for today's evidence-based practitioner, each chapter also includes a historical perspective on the technique at hand, a rationale explaining its therapeutic power, and a review of relevant empirical findings. The book enables readers to determine which strategies are appropriate for a particular child or group and rapidly incorporate them into practice.
Chapter
Part I. Toy and Object Play Techniques
Part II. Metaphors and Storytelling Techniques
13. Concrete Play Metaphors
Part III. Role-Play Techniques
Part IV. Creative Arts Techniques
Part V. Imagery and Fantasy Techniques
40. Rosebush Fantasy Technique
41. Family Relations Technique
Part VI. Game Play Techniques
Part VII. Other Techniques
52. Stress Inoculation Play