This completely revised and updated second edition provides a
comprehensive introduction to using play to communicate with
troubled or traumatized children and their families, and to heal
emotional damage. The book gives examples of good practice in
different settings and situations.
Drawing on psychodynamic, systemic and attachment theory, the
book provides an integrated theory base for using play in
therapeutic work with children. It emphasizes non-directive
approaches to therapeutic play and play therapy, based on
supporting the child s developing self within the safe boundaries
provided by the setting and the worker s emotional holding and
containment. Areas explored include:
- children with disabilities and illnesses
- daily living with abused and traumatized children
- helping troubled families
- difficulties in early years
- children experiencing separation, loss and bereavement
- children moving to new families.
The Handbook of Play Therapy and Therapeutic Play is an
invaluable resource for all of those using play therapy with
children and will appeal not only to play therapists but also to
professionals working in the broader field of therapeutic play. It
will be useful whether the readers are at the beginning of their
training or are well-established and experienced practitioners and
managers.
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