The Handbook of Group Play Therapy How to Do It, How It Works, Whom It's Best For

by Sweeney, Daniel S.; Homeyer, Linda E.; Landreth, Garry L.

• ISBN13: 9780787948078
• ISBN10: 0787948071
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-07-19
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Summary

The Definitive Guide to Group Play Therapy Here is a comprehensive guide to of the the most effective and dynamic childhood intervention available to counselors, therapists, teachers, psychologists, and anyone who works with kids. This hands-on resource applies play therapy theory to a wide variety of group settings and gives therapists insight into treating special populations including sibling groups, children who have been abused, and children who have experienced the loss of a loved one. Enter a child's world of communication with twenty-five of the country's leading play therapy experts as they guide you through a myriad of group play therapy approaches, issues, and techniques. The Handbook of Group Play Therapy gives therapists the tools they need to help children as they experience the exhilaration, fear, joy, and frustration in discovering the world around them as they learn about themselves and others. "The authors have pinpointed a dynamic and developing area of therapeutic play. . . . a very valuable resource in working with children."- Robert C. Berg, professor and assistant chair, Department of Counseling, Development, and Higher Education, University of North Texas "An up-to-the-minute authoritative book. This book is it. Sweeney and Homeyer have provided a collection by first rate writers/practitioners of all the current major methods in use today."- Louise Guerney, professor emerita, The Pennsylvania State University "This masterful book brings together leaders in the field of child therapy. Sweeney and Homeyer's wisdom enchants, beguiles, nourishes, teaches, and inspires."- Beverly James, author of Treating Traumatized Children andGuidelines for Treatment of Attachment-Trauma Problems in Children

Author Biography

DANIEL S. SWEENEY is assistant professor of counseling at George Fox University and the former assistant director of the Center for Play Therapy, University of North Texas. LINDA E. HOMEYER is assistant professor at Southwest Texas State University and past president of the Texas Association for Play Therapy.

Table of Contents

Foreword	xi
Garry L. Landreth
Preface	xv
PART ONE: INTRODUCTION TO GROUP PLAY THERAPY	1	(36)
Group Play Therapy	3	(12)
Daniel S. Sweeney
Linda E. Homeyer
Play Group Therapy: A Theoretical Framework	15	(9)
Haim G. Ginott
Play Group Therapy for Young Children	24	(13)
Samuel R. Slavson
PART TWO: MAJOR APPROACHES TO GROUP PLAY THERAPY	37	(140)
The Freedom to Be: Child-Centered Group Play Therapy	39	(26)
Garry L. Landreth
Daniel S. Sweeney
Group Applications of Adlerian Play Therapy	65	(21)
Terry Kottman
The Invisible Village: Jungian Group Play Therapy	86	(19)
Judi Bertoia
Child, Protector, Confidant: Structured Group Ecosystemic Play Therapy	105	(34)
Kevin O'Connor
Circle Time in Developmental Play Therapy	139	(23)
Viola Brody
Group Play Therapy from a Gestalt Therapy Perspective	162	(15)
Violet Oaklander
PART THREE: GROUP PLAY THERAPY ISSUES AND TECHNIQUES	177	(120)
Art in Group Play Therapy	179	(13)
Linda Chapman
Valerie Appleton
The Use of Structured Expressive Art Activities in Group Activity Therapy with Preadolescents	192	(23)
Sue Carlton Bratton
Kelly Webb Ferebee
Group Sandtray-Worldplay: New Dimensions in Sandplay Therapy	215	(19)
Gisela Schubach De Domenico
Relational Activity Play Therapy Group: A ''Stopping Off Place'' for Children on Their Journey to Maturity	234	(33)
D. Michael Smith
Nancy R. Smith
Group Puppetry	267	(11)
Sue Carlton Bratton
Dee Ray
Multicultural Considerations in Group Play Therapy	278	(19)
Geraldine Glover
PART FOUR: SPECIAL POPULATIONS IN GROUP PLAY THERAPY	297	(92)
Group Play Therapy with Sexually Abused Children	299	(20)
Linda E. Homeyer
Sibling Group Play Therapy	319	(17)
Emily Oe
Play Groups in Elementary School	336	(23)
JoAnna White
Mary Flynt
Group Play: Wholeness and Healing for the Hospitalized Child	359	(16)
Lesley Lingnell
Lori Dunn
Group Play Therapy with Grieving Children	375	(14)
Jane Le Vieux
Suggested Reading	389	(2)
Contributors	391	(10)
Name Index	401	(4)
Subject Index	405