Play Therapy: The Art of the Relationship

Description

Play Therapy: The Art of the Relationship is the newest incarnation of Garry Landreth’s comprehensive text on creating therapeutic relationships with children through play. It details the Child-Centered Play Therapy model, which stresses the importance of understanding the child’s world and perspective. This approach facilitates the play therapy process while allowing therapist and client to fully connect. Professors who have taught a course based on the previous edition will be pleased to find the core message intact, but updated with a significant body of recent research. Dedication Contents Preface Acknowledgments 1 About Me, Garry Landreth 2 The Meaning of Play 3 History and Development of Play Therapy 4 A View of Children 5 Child-Centered Play Therapy 6 The Play Therapist 7 Parents as Partners in Play Therapy 8 The Playroom and Materials 9 Beginning the Relationship: The Child’s Time 10 Characteristics of Facilitative Responses 11 Therapeutic Limit Setting 12 Typical Problems in Play Therapy and What to Do If 13 Issues in Play Therapy 14 Children in Play Therapy 15 Determining Therapeutic Process and Termination 16 Intensive and Short-Term Play Therapy 17 Research in Play Therapy Index