Innovations in Play Therapy (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781560328810)

This book is unique in exploring the process of conducting short-term intensive group play therapy and the subsequent results. It focuses on play therapy with special populations of aggressive acting-out children, autistic children, chronically ill children, traumatized children, selective mute children, disassociative identity disorder adults with child alters, and the elderly.

The book addresses such vital issues as:

* How play therapy helps children

* Confidentiality in working with children

* How to work with parents

* What the play therapist needs to know about medications for children

The difficult dimension of diagnosis is clarified through specific descriptions of how the play therapist can use play behaviors to diagnose physical abuse, sexual abuse, and emotional maladjustment in children.

Author: Garry L. Landreth
ISBN-10: 1560328819
ISBN-13: 9781560328810
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 12/07/2000
Pages: 382
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.22lbs
Size: 9.28h x 6.20w x 0.81d

Review Citation(s):
Scitech Book News 12/01/2001 pg. 122