Description
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. Traditional techniques of play therapy are reviewed for their application to this population. Throughout, numerous therapeutic aids are described to enhance the child's capacity to communicate verbally or symbolically. To help clinicians translate theory into daily practice, the book presents six detailed clinical vignettes that offer step-by-step guidelines for assessment and intervention in different situations of abuse or neglect.
Chapter
The Abused Child: Treatment Issues
Mediators in the Effects of Child Abuse
The Impact of Child Abuse
The Child Therapies: Application in Work with Abused Children
The Historical Development of Play Therapy
The Techniques of Child Therapy
Directive versus Nondirective Play Therapy
The Treatment of Abused Children
Treatment Considerations in Working with Abused Children
Application of Established Child Therapies to Work with Abused Children
Leroy: A Child Traumatized by Severe Parental Neglect
Initial Clinical Impressions
The Beginning Phase of Treatment
The Middle Phase of Treatment
Johnny: A Child Traumatized by Sexual Abuse
The Middle Phase of Treatment
Antony: A Child with Multiple Traumas
The Beginning Phase of Treatment
The Middle Phase of Treatment
Gabby: A Child Traumatized by a Single Episode of Sexual Abuse
The Beginning Phase of Treatment
The Middle Phase of Treatment
Laurie: A Neglected Child Traumatized by a Hospitalization
The Beginning Phase of Treatment
The Middle Phase of Treatment
Sharlene: A Child Traumatized by Chronic Sexual Abuse
The Beginning Phase of Treatment
The Healing Power of Play
：Working with Abused Children
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