Play Therapy and Expressive Arts in a Complex and Dynamic World: Opportunities and Challenges Inside and Outside the Playroom

Description

This book offers cutting-edge expertise and knowledge in new and developing play therapy, therapeutic play, and expressive arts for families and children in crisis and challenging situations. The book focuses on the use of play therapies in complex and dynamic situations such as pandemics, post-disaster conditions, crisis, migration, poverty, and deprivation. Evidence in the book is rooted in theory and contains examples of direct clinical experiences of play therapy approaches by the authors from across six continents, offering innovative methods to apply expressive arts modalities across different situations. It highlights the need to understand the context and needs of the children and families in their particular situations and provides examples of application of therapeutic principles and techniques in individual and group settings and within schools and communities. With reflections and guidance on how to support children in reaching their potential in a variety of difficult contexts, the book will be key reading for scholars and researchers in the fields of play therapy, expressive arts therapies, and creative psychotherapy, as well as professionals in these areas. Cover Endorsements Half Title Series Title Copyright Contents List of contributors Introduction 1 Applying the therapeutic power of play and expressive arts in contemporary crisis work: a process-oriented approach 2 Integrating creative arts modalities in the playroom and outside: live and remote interventions 3 Recovering lost play time: principles and intervention modalities to address the psychosocial wellbeing of asylum seekers and refugee children 4 Tele-Play Therapy: principles of remote interventions using the therapeutic powers of play 5 Learn to Play Therapy in high-risk countries: the example of Nigeria 6 Nature-based Play Therapy interventions in the digital age 7 Play and expressive arts to enhance professional development and personal growth in challenging contexts Index