Creative Family Therapy Techniques : Play, Art, and Expressive Activities to Engage Children in Family Sessions

by Lowenstein, Liana; Napier, Augustus Y.

• ISBN13: 9780968519967
• ISBN10: 0968519962
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-09-10
• Publisher: Champion Pr

Summary

Bringing together an array of highly creative contributors, this comprehensive resource provides a unique collection of assessment and treatment techniques. Contributors illustrate how play, art, drama, and other expressive activities can effectively engage families and help them resolve complex problems. Practitioners from divergent theoretical orientations, work settings, or client specializations will find a plethora of stimulating and useable clinical interventions in this book.

Author Biography

Liana Lowenstein, MSW, RSW, CPT-S, is an author, sought-after speaker, and practitioner who has worked with children and their families since 1988. She completed her Master of Social Work degree at the University of Toronto, and she is a Certified Child and Play Therapist (Supervisor) with the Canadian Association for Child and Play Therapy. She provides clinical supervision to mental health practitioners, runs a play-therapy internship program, and consults to several mental health agencies. She has a reputation as a dynamic workshop leader and has presented trainings across North America and abroad. She is founder of Champion Press publishing company and has authored numerous publications, including the highly acclaimed books Paper Dolls & Paper Airplanes: Therapeutic Exercises for Sexually Traumatized Children (with Crisci & Lay, 1997), Creative Interventions for Troubled Children & Youth (1999), Creative Interventions for Children of Divorce (2006), and Creative Interventions for Bereaved Children (2006). She has also edited the books Assessment and Treatment Activities for Children, Adolescents, and Families: Practitioners Share Their Most Effective Techniques (Volumes One and Two).

Table of Contents

Foreword

Preface

Theoretical Overview

Engagement & Assessment Techniques

Basketball

Beach Ball Game

Boat-Storm-Lighthouse Assessment

Bull's Eye Assessment

Create-A-Family Collage

Family Genograms Using Miniature Objects

Family Strength Genogram

Family Strengths & Needs Game

Family Timeline

Family Trivia Game

First Session Family Card Game

The Flowers & the Weeds

I'm An Animal

My Family As Animals

My Life in the Sandtray

Our Family Life Scavenger Hunt

Our Family Has a Whole World to Play With

Rappin' Family Puppet Interview

Recipe for Success

Thought Bubbles

Video Crew

What is My Role in the Family?

Treatment Techniques

Attachment Sandtray

Avoiding Landmines

Beat the Record Routine Race

Behavior Remote

Birthday Celebration

Box of Memories

Building Together-Understanding Together

Chains of Change

Closing Time

Creating a Better World for Our Children

The Doves & the Hunter

Dream-enacting with a Family

Exploding Balloons

Family Jenga

Family Locogram

Family Orchestra

Family Sculpting with Puppets

Family Spectogram

Family-Structured Play

Feeling Body Sculpting

Feeling Checkers

Feelings Hide & Seek

Five Important Things

Follow the Big Leader

Garden of Birds

Hurt Hearts & Healing Hands

Hut! Hut! Hike!

Land of No Rules

Let It Rip!

Love Bug

Make Your Own Board Game

Mapping

Messages in Art

Modified Scribble

Mr. Opposite Man/Miss Opposite Lady

My Story

Nighttime Protection Potion

Piece of the Pie

Pulled From a Hat

Puppet Movie

Red Light, Green Light ... A New Light

Royal Family

Sculpture Musical Chairs

Self-Image

Sibling Rivalry

Silence Ball

Sneaking

Stories Within

Storytelling Card Game

Tiger, Mouse, & Monkey Work Together: An Animal Parts Party for Families

Toss the Ball

W4: Wish, Worry, Why, & Will

Waberjocky Island

Walk a Mile in My Shoes

What Would They Say?

What's the Weather?

When I...

When I Was Your Age: PhotoTherapy Techniques for Families

Wilderness Trail

World Creation

Yuehong Sandplay Encouragement Method

Termination Techniques

Family Shield

Healing Animals

Helping Hands

Last Session

Family Card Game

Thank-You Cards

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