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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460251503321

Autore

Ray Dee C.

Titolo

Advanced play therapy : essential conditions, knowledge, and skills for child practice / / Dee C. Ray

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-283-10512-8

9786613105127

1-136-86934-4

0-203-83726-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (347 p.)

Disciplina

618.92/891653

Soggetti

Play therapy

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

History, rationale and purpose of play -- A primer on child development -- A philosophy of working with children : the child centered way -- The person, knowledge, and skills of the play therapist -- Basics of play therapy -- Limit-setting -- Themes in play therapy -- Progress and termination -- Parent consultation -- Aggression in and out of the playroom -- Group play therapy -- Play therapy in the schools -- Play therapy in community agencies and private practice -- Supervision of play therapy -- Evidentiary research in child centered play therapy.

Sommario/riassunto

Current play therapy resources offer details on how to conduct play therapy, but are limited in addressing the challenges that develop when therapists conduct play therapy with real-life clients. Using the Child-Centered Play Therapy Approach, Ray has written the first book to address these complex play therapy subjects. Topics covered include: integrating field knowledge of play, development, and theory into the advanced play therapist's knowledge base; working with difficult situations, such as limit-setting, aggression, and parents; addressing modern work concerns like measuring progress