Presents a wide range of outdoor play therapy approaches for children and families presented by some of the most revered experts in the field of play therapy. This book provides a unique collection of practical and innovative ways to help clinicians know how to bring nature into play therapy sessions both in the playroom and outdoors. Child and family therapists will revel in the richness of resources and practical therapeutic applications of nature play that they can utilize with children and families. This book will also provide practical worksheet guidelines for practitioners to easily implement some of the interventions presented into practice. Presents diverse clinical approaches and applicable strategies from experienced play therapists. Chapters also give the theoretical basis for each practical intervention.

Presents a wide range of outdoor play therapy approaches for children and families presented by some of the most revered experts in the field of play therapy. This book provides a unique collection of practical and innovative ways to help clinicians know how to bring nature into play therapy sessions both in the playroom and outdoors. Child and family therapists will revel in the richness of resources and practical therapeutic applications of nature play that they can utilize with children and families. This book will also provide practical worksheet guidelines for practitioners to easily implement some of the interventions presented into practice. Presents diverse clinical approaches and applicable strategies from experienced play therapists. Chapters also give the theoretical basis for each practical intervention.

There are many ways to help children and families heal from trauma. Leaning on our ancestral wisdom of healing through play, art, nature, storytelling, body, touch, imagination and mindfulness practice, Janet A. Courtney helps the clinician bring a variety of practices into the therapy room. This book identifies seven stages of therapy that provide a framework for working with client's emotional, cognitive, somatic and sensory experiences to heal from trauma. Through composite case illustrations, practitioners will learn how to safely mitigate a range of trauma content, including complicated grief, natural disaster, children in foster care, aggression, toxic divorce, traumatised infants diagnosed with neonatal abstinence syndrome, and young mothers recovering from opioid addiction. Practice exercises interspersed throughout guide practitioners to personally engage in the creative expressive and play therapy techniques presented in each chapter, augmenting professional self- awareness and skill- building competencies.

Infant Play Therapy is a groundbreaking resource for practitioners interested in the varied play therapy theories, models, and programs available for the unique developmental needs of infants and children under the age of three. The impressive list of expert contributors in the fields of play therapy and infant mental health cover a wide range of early intervention play-based models and topics. Chapters explore areas including: neurobiology, developmental trauma, parent-infant attachment relationships, neurosensory play, affective touch, grief and loss, perinatal depression, adoption, autism, domestic violence, sociocultural factors, and more. Chapter case studies highlight leading approaches and offer techniques to provide a comprehensive understanding of both play therapy and the ways we understand and recognize the therapeutic role of play with infants. In these pages professionals and students alike will find valuable clinical resources to bring healing to family systems with young children.

Infant Play Therapy is a groundbreaking resource for practitioners interested in the varied play therapy theories, models, and programs available for the unique developmental needs of infants and children under the age of three. The impressive list of expert contributors in the fields of play therapy and infant mental health cover a wide range of early intervention play-based models and topics. Chapters explore areas including: neurobiology, developmental trauma, parent-infant attachment relationships, neurosensory play, affective touch, grief and loss, perinatal depression, adoption, autism, domestic violence, sociocultural factors, and more. Chapter case studies highlight leading approaches and offer techniques to provide a comprehensive understanding of both play therapy and the ways we understand and recognize the therapeutic role of play with infants. In these pages professionals and students alike will find valuable clinical resources to bring healing to family systems with young children.

Touch in Child Counseling and Play Therapy explores the professional and legal boundaries around physical contact in therapy and offers best-practice guidelines from a variety of perspectives. Chapters address issues around appropriate and sensitive therapist-initiated touch, therapeutic approaches that use touch as an intervention in child treatment, and both positive and challenging forms of touch that are initiated by children. In these pages, professionals and students alike will find valuable information on ways to address potential ethical dilemmas, including defining boundaries, working with parents and guardians, documentation, consent forms, cultural considerations, countertransference, and much more.

Touch in Child Counseling and Play Therapy explores the professional and legal boundaries around physical contact in therapy and offers best-practice guidelines from a variety of perspectives. Chapters address issues around appropriate and sensitive therapist-initiated touch, therapeutic approaches that use touch as an intervention in child treatment, and both positive and challenging forms of touch that are initiated by children. In these pages, professionals and students alike will find valuable information on ways to address potential ethical dilemmas, including defining boundaries, working with parents and guardians, documentation, consent forms, cultural considerations, countertransference, and much more.

The Magic Rainbow Hug is a heartfelt story designed to help children overcome fear and anxiety. The story is about Sophie and Jesse, two young, curious siblings who, along with their lovable puppy, discover the joyful magic of a Rainbow Hug. Its interactive adult-child element offers an optional technique that allows the uplifting story to be told by drawing it on a child's back, which engages children at multiple sensory levels including imagination, auditory, touch, smell, sound and relaxation. It is an innovative form of storytelling that will inspire, entertain and enlighten children of all ages. Positive suggestions are interspersed throughout the book to help children learn methods of relaxation and how to draw upon their inner strengths and abilities. The vibrant illustrations were drawn by two talented siblings, Grace, age 8, and Benjamin, age 10, who were inspired by hearing the creative story, and also by feeling it sketched on thier backs.

Abrazo Magico del Arcoiris is now published in Spanish from its original English version. This is a fun interactive parent-child story that helps to lower anxiety in child while also increasing the joy in the relationship. This unique story has the option of also being told and drawn on a child's back.