Healing Power of Play: Working with Abused Children
This book describes how therapists can both facilitate constructive play therapy and intervene in posttraumatic play to help children who have been traumatized by abuse or neglect achieve a positive resolution.
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This book describes how therapists can both facilitate constructive play therapy and intervene in posttraumatic play to help children who have been traumatized by abuse or neglect achieve a positive resolution. Traditional techniques of play therapy are reviewed for their application to this population. Throughout, numerous therapeutic aids are described to enhance the child's capacity to communicate verbally or symbolically. To help clinicians translate theory into daily practice, the book presents six detailed clinical vignettes that offer step-by-step guidelines for assessment and intervention in different situations of abuse or neglect.
* The Abused Child: Treatment Issues.* The Child Therapies: Application in Work with Abused Children.* The Treatment of Abused Children.CLINICAL EXAMPLES.* Leroy: A Child Traumatized by Severe Parental Neglect.* Johnny: A Child Traumatized by Sexual Abuse.* Antony: A Child with Multiple Traumas.* Gaby: A Child Traumatized by a Single Episode of Sexual Abuse.* Laurie: A Neglected Child Traumatized by a Hospitalization.* Sharlene: A Child Traumatized by Chronic Sexual Abuse.* Special Issues.
\ From the Publisher"Eliana Gil occupies an unparalleled position among professionals in the child abuse field. No one has worked longer, more faithfully, and more responsibly with such a diverse array of abusive interactions." --Roland C. Summit, M.D.\ "After reading The Healing Power of Play, child therapists from every professional background will feel better equipped to confront the enormous challenge of treating the abused child....Dr. Gil's readable guide should inspire the field and thereby benefit all of our patients." --Spencer Eth, MD\ \ \ \ \ \ \ Treating Abuse Today"Both the novice child therapist and experienced clinician will learn abundantly from Dr. Gil's instruction about effective intervention with even the most severely neglected and abused children."--Treating Abuse Today\ \
