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A Practical Handbook for Building the Play Therapy Relationship

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A Practical Handbook for Building the Play Therapy Relationship

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Building a safe, accepting, and freeing relationship with a child in the play therapy experience is considered to be essential by practicing play therapists and all theoretical approaches to play therapy. A Practical Handbook for Building the Play Therapy Relationship is designed for practitioners, students, and play therapy supervisors who want a practical approach for learning or teaching the fundamental skills of building a therapeutic relationship in play therapy. It provides a step-by-step approach from structuring the play therapy session to therapeutic limit setting to termination-closure. This book involves the reader in learning and applying these key skills and is a must for practitioners and students of the play therapy process.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Child-Centered Play Therapy
Chapter 2 Play Therapy Room and Toys
Chapter 3 Prior to the First Play Therapy Session
Chapter 4 Structuring the Play Therapy Session
Chapter 5 Acknowledging Non-Verbal Behavior
Chapter 6 Reflecting Content
Chapter 7 Reflecting Feelings
Chapter 8 Facilitating Decision-Making and Responsibility
Chapter 9 Facilitating Esteem-Building & Encouragement
Chapter 10 Setting Limits
Chapter 11 Understanding Therapeutic Responses, Play Behaviors, Facilitating Healing, and Termination
Chapter 12 Teaching Parents How to Help Their Children Develop Self-Control and Self-Discipline
Chapter 13 Case Study: School Behavioral Issue
Chapter 14 Case Study: Grief, Loss, SIDS
Chapter 15 Case Study: Sibling Rivalry
Chapter 16 Case Study: Anger and Aggression
Chapter 17 Case Study: Divorce
Chapter 18 Case Study: Sexual Abuse and Trauma
Chapter 19 Role-Play of Skills and Feedback Format
Chapter 20 Video Review-Identifying and Improving Therapeutic Responses

Product details

Published Feb 09 2005
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Extent 232
ISBN 9780765701114
Imprint Jason Aronson, Inc.
Dimensions 11 x 8 inches
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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