Play Therapy: A Non-Directive Approach for Children and Adolescents
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This highly readable book provides a comprehensive theoretical and practical guide to non-directive play therapy, which is an effective and ethically sound method of helping troubled children and adolescents with their emotional difficulties. It draws extensively on case material to guide practitioners through the intricacies of establishing and practising this therapeutic approach.• Principles and background to the development of non-directive play therapy as a therapeutic method • An updated theoretical framework for this approach, including symbolic play and its role in therapy • Essential assessment, planning and practice issues and skills • Working with children and their families systematically • Play therapy in statutory settings • Presenting therapeutic material in court proceedingsThis second edition has been thoroughly revised and updated to incorporate recent theory, research and practice developments. New issues addressed include: additional considerations when working with children in statutory settings, the integration of attachment theory within the book's Piagetian framework, using drawing, structured exercises and role play within a non-directive approach, and working with a wide variety of children's and adolescents' concerns.
Preface1Introduction1Sect. 1Different Approaches to Child Psychotherapy4Sect. 2Non-directive Play Therapy162Symbolic Play: Its Role in Mental Development and in Play Therapy313Planning Decisions and Tasks65Sect. 1Initial Planning66Sect. 2Further Planning764The Process of Play Therapy103Sect. 1An Illustrative Case Study104Sect. 2General Discussion of the Process of Therapy1245Emotional Development and Play Therapy135Sect. 1Early Emotional Development135Sect. 2Emotional Development During Middle Childhood143Sect. 3Adolescent Emotional Development1506Sexual Abuse and Non-directive Play Therapy1597Practice Skills and Issues189Sect. 1Reflection189Sect. 2Establishing Limits205Sect. 3Issues Concerning Disclosure and Validation210Sect. 4Presenting Therapeutic Work in a Court Setting218References225Index230
