Play Therapy : The Art of the Relationship

by Landreth; Garry L.

• ISBN13: 9781583913277
• ISBN10: 1583913270
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-08-09
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Play Therapy, Second Edition, is a thorough update to the 1991 first edition best-selling book, the most widely used text for play therapy courses. It refreshes the history and development in play therapy including results of research done in the past 10 years. A new chapter is included on current issues and special populations relevant to the development of play therapy. The author presents very readable descriptions of play and the history of play therapy; child and therapist characteristics; play room set-up and materials; working with parents; and a number of helpful and interesting case descriptions.

Author Biography

Garry L. Landreth is a Regents professor in the Department of Counseling Development and Higher Education at the University of North Texas, and he is the founder and director of the Center for Play Therapy, the largest play therapy training program in the world.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	xiii
Preface	xv
About Me, Garry Landreth	1	(8)
Principles for Relationships with Children	5	(2)
Reference	7	(2)
The Meaning of Play	9	(18)
Functions of Play	9	(2)
Symbolic Play	11	(3)
Children Communicate Through Play	14	(2)
Play in the Therapeutic Process	16	(4)
Stages in the Play Therapy Process	20	(3)
Play of Adjusted and Maladjusted Children	23	(2)
References	25	(2)
History and Development of Play Therapy	27	(26)
Psychoanalytic Play Therapy	29	(3)
Release Play Therapy	32	(2)
Relationship Play Therapy	34	(1)
Nondirective Play Therapy	35	(1)
Play Therapy in Elementary Schools	35	(2)
Association for Play Therapy	37	(1)
University Training	38	(1)
Center for Play Therapy	38	(1)
Filial Therapy	39	(1)
Trends in Play Therapy	40	(3)
Play Therapy Results	43	(2)
References	45	(8)
A View of Children	53	(6)
Tenets for Relating to Children	53	(2)
Children Are Resilient	55	(2)
Some Children Are Like Popcorn, and Some Are Like Molasses	57	(1)
References	58	(1)
Child-Centered Play Therapy	59	(36)
Personality Theory	60	(4)
A Child-Centered View of Personality and Behavior	64	(1)
Key Concepts	65	(2)
Adjustment and Maladjustment	67	(3)
Therapeutic Conditions for Growth	70	(9)
The Therapeutic Relationship	79	(8)
Objectives	87	(2)
What Children Learn in Play Therapy	89	(4)
References	93	(2)
The Play Therapist	95	(30)
Creating Differences	96	(1)
Being There	97	(1)
Personality Characteristics	98	(4)
Therapist Self-Understanding	102	(3)
Therapist Self-Acceptance	105	(3)
Role of the Play Therapist	108	(2)
Ryan-A Dying Child in Play Therapy	110	(6)
Supervised Practice Facilitates Self-Insight	116	(2)
The Inner Struggle of a Beginning Play Therapist	118	(2)
Recommended Training Program	120	(3)
References	123	(2)
The Playroom and Materials	125	(26)
Playroom Location	126	(1)
Playroom Size	126	(1)
Playroom Characteristics	127	(3)
Other Settings for Play Therapy	130	(2)
Rationale for Selecting Toys and Materials	132	(6)
Categories of Toys	138	(5)
Totebag Playroom	143	(1)
Recommended Toys and Materials for the Playroom	144	(2)
Special Considerations	146	(2)
Suggested Titles for the Play Therapy Program in Schools	148	(1)
Implementing a Play Therapy Program in Schools	148	(1)
Reference	149	(2)
The Parent's Part in the Process	151	(22)
Background Information	152	(2)
Must Parents Also Be in Therapy?	154	(3)
The Parent Interview	157	(8)
Obtain Permission from Legal Guardian	165	(1)
Psychiatric Referral	166	(1)
Explaining Play Therapy to Parents	166	(3)
Preparing Parents for Separation	169	(2)
References	171	(2)
Beginning the Relationship: The Child's Hour	173	(34)
Objectives of the Relationship	174	(2)
Making Contact with the Child	176	(3)
The Initial Encounter in the Waiting Room	179	(3)
Structuring the Relationship in the Playroom	182	(5)
Responding to the Reluctant, Anxious Child	187	(2)
The Child's View of the Play Therapy Relationship	189	(4)
Questioning Techniques of Children	193	(7)
Explaining the Observation Mirror and Recording	200	(2)
Taking Notes During the Session	202	(1)
Play Therapists' Reactions to Their First Sessions	203	(1)
Basic Dimensions of the Relationship	204	(2)
References	206	(1)
Characteristics of Facilitative Responses	207	(38)
Sensitive Understanding: Being With	208	(1)
Caring Acceptance	209	(2)
Details of Therapeutic Responsiveness	211	(4)
Facilitative Responses	215	(6)
Returning Responsibility to Children	221	(3)
Typical Nonfacilitative Responses	224	(8)
Paul-A Fearful, Acting-Out Child in Play Therapy	232	(13)
Therapeutic Limit Setting	245	(28)
Basic Guidelines in Limit Setting	245	(3)
When to Present Limits	248	(1)
Rationale for Therapeutic Limits	249	(9)
Procedures in Therapeutic Limit Setting	258	(1)
Steps in the Therapeutic Limit-Setting Process	259	(3)
When Limits Are Broken	262	(3)
Tentativeness in Limit Setting	265	(1)
Situational Limits	266	(6)
Beginning Play Therapists' Reactions to Setting Limits	272	(1)
References	272	(1)
Typical Problems in Play Therapy and What to Do If...	273	(20)
What to Do If the Child Is Silent	274	(2)
What to Do If the Child Wants to Bring Toys or Food into the Playroom	276	(1)
What to Do If the Child Is Overly Dependent	277	(2)
What to Do If the Child Persists in Seeking Praise	279	(3)
What to Do If the Child Says You Talk Weird	282	(1)
What to Do If the Child Wants the Therapist to Play a Guessing Game	283	(1)
What to Do If the Child Asks for Expressions of Affection	284	(2)
What to Do If the Child Wants to Hug or Sit in the Therapist's Lap	286	(1)
What to Do If the Child Tries to Steal a Toy	287	(2)
What to Do If the Child Refuses to Leave the Playroom	289	(2)
What to Do If the Therapist Unexpectedly Cannot Keep an Appointment	291	(2)
Issues in Play Therapy	293	(18)
Confidentiality	293	(2)
Participation in the Child's Play	295	(4)
Accepting Gifts from Children in Play Therapy	299	(3)
Giving the Child a Reward at the End of Sessions or a Memento at Termination	302	(1)
Asking the Child to Clean Up	303	(3)
Informing Children of the Reason They Are in Play Therapy	306	(1)
Bringing a Friend to the Playroom	307	(3)
Inviting Parents or Siblings to the Playroom	310	(1)
References	310	(1)
Intensive and Short-Term Play Therapy	311	(10)
Intensive Play Therapy	312	(4)
Short-Term Play Therapy	316	(3)
Summary	319	(1)
References	319	(2)
Children in Play Therapy	321	(30)
Nancy-From Baldness to Curls	322	(8)
Cindy A Manipulative Child	330	(10)
Amy-A Selective Mute Child	340	(8)
Significance of Sibling Goup Play Therapy	348	(1)
Summary	349	(1)
References	350	(1)
Determining Therapeutic Process and Termination	351	(14)
Determining Therapeutic Movement Within Sessions	352	(1)
Dimensions of Change	353	(3)
The Meaning of Termination	356	(1)
Reference Points for Determining Termination	357	(3)
Procedures for Ending the Relationship	360	(2)
Children's Reactions to the Last Session	362	(2)
References	364	(1)
Filial Therapy: Child-Parent Relationship Training (CPR for Parents)	365	(34)
Parental Efficacy	366	(2)
Historical Development of Filial Therapy	368	(2)
The Process of Filial Therapy	370	(3)
Selecting Parents	373	(3)
Group Format for Training	376	(2)
Structure and Content of the Training Sessions	378	(10)
Research and Evaluation	388	(8)
References	396	(3)
Index	399	(8)
About the Author	407