| Description |
xii, 371 pages ; 25 cm |
| Series |
Wiley series on personality processes |
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Wiley series on personality processes.
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| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Definition and History of Play Therapy. -- Theories of Play Therapy. -- Diversity Issues. -- A Conceptual Framework For The Practice Of Individual Play Therapy. -- Theoretical Underpinnings of Play Therapy. -- Basic Assumptions of Ecosystemic Play Therapy. -- The Course Of Individual Play Therapy. -- The Intake Process. -- Assessment, Case Formulation, and Treatment Planning. -- Beginning Treatment. -- Making Play Therapy Sessions Therapeutic. -- Developmental and Phase-Specific Modifications of Ecosystemic Play Therapy. -- Transference and Countertransference. -- Collateral Work. -- Termination. -- Case Examples: Denis and Dianne. -- Ecosystemic Play Therapy For Groups. -- Group Play Therapy. -- References. -- Author Index. -- Subject Index |
| Summary |
"While most mental health professionals possess a general knowledge of psychotherapy, not all are aware of the applications and special considerations that pertain to child patients. Unlike treatment for adults, a therapist treating a young patient must balance between cognitive and verbal work and the use of corrective emotional experiences- a balance that properly suits the developmental level of the child. Simply put, a therapist must do more and talk less with a young child, while the reverse generally applies with an older patient. Many books in the field describe either theories and/or techniques of child psychotherapy in general, or play therapy in particular. This book differs in two ways. First, it describes play therapy using cognitive developmental theory as an organizing framework and incorporates elements of a variety of other theories, techniques, and models of child psychotherapy. The result is a coherent theoretical model that fosters the therapist's ability to identify and interpret the multiple systems of which the child is a part. This model can be readily adapted for use in a wide variety of settings with children from infancy through adolescence who exhibit any of a host of psychopathologies."--Jacket |
| Notes |
"A Wiley-Interscience publication." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 346-355) and indexes |
| Subject |
Child psychology.
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Personality assessment.
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Play therapy.
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Play -- Psychological aspects.
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Play Therapy.
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Child.
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Play Therapy -- methods.
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Infant.
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Adolescent.
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Play Therapy -- methods.
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Play Therapy.
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| LC no. |
90019419 |
| ISBN |
047152543X |
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