Short-Term Play Therapy for Children

by Kaduson, Heidi Gerard; Schaefer, Charles E.

• ISBN13: 9781572307209
• ISBN10: 157230720X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-07-19
• Publisher: The Guilford Press

Summary

Play therapy can be enormously beneficial to children facing a wide ra nge of psychological problems and stressful life situations. This prac tical volume presents a variety of play approaches that facilitate chi ldren's healing in a shorter time frame. Equally valuable for clinicia ns in private practice and those working within managed care, the book describes effective short-term methods for treating individual childr en, families, and groups. Chapters feature session-by-session guidelin es and lively clinical illustrations that bring diverse techniques and theoretical orientations to life.

Table of Contents

Individual Play Therapy
Cognitive-Behavioral Play Therapy for Childhood Fears and Phobias	p. 3
Short-Term Gestalt Play Therapy for Grieving Children	p. 28
Child-Centered Play Therapy with Disruptive School Students	p. 53
Brief Therapy with Traumatized Children: A Developmental Perspective	p. 69
Structured Short-Term Play Therapy for Children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder	p. 105
Short-Term Solution-Oriented Play Therapy for Children of Divorced Parents	p. 144
Family Play Therapy
Short-Term Play Therapy for Families with Chronic Illness	p. 175
Theraplay for Enhancing Attachment in Adopted Children	p. 194
Involving and Empowering Parents in Short-Term Play Therapy for Disruptive Children	p. 228
Family Play Therapy and Child Psychiatry in an Era of Managed Care	p. 256
Group Play Therapy
A Creative Play Therapy Approach to the Group Treatment of Young Sexually Abused Children	p. 269
Play Group Therapy for Social Skills Deficits in Children	p. 296
A Play-Based Teen Parenting Program to Facilitate Parent-Child Attachment	p. 345
Index	p. 371
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