The Playing Cure

by Kaduson, Heidi Gerard; Cangelosi, Donna; Schaefer, Charles E.

• ISBN13: 9780765700216
• ISBN10: 0765700212
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-06-01
• Publisher: JASON ARONSON INC

Summary

The Playing Cure focuses on the curative powers of play and the application of play therapy to a wide variety of psychological problems. The authors present a prescriptive approach built on years of research. With clear examples, they demonstrate how play therapy can be adapted to the treatment of many distinct clinical populations including Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), anxiety disorders, and adjustment reactions. This innovative approach challenges clinicians to implement a broad range of interventions that can be fine-tuned to the needs of each child.

Table of Contents

Contributors
Preface
Play Therapy with Depressed Children	p. 3
Play Therapy for Children with Fears and Phobias	p. 29
Play and Perfectionism: Putting Fun Back into Families	p. 61
Play Therapy for Selective Mutism	p. 83
Play Therapy for Children from Divorced and Separated Families	p. 119
Rubble, Disruption, and Tears: Helping Young Survivors of Natural Disaster	p. 143
Play Therapy with Sexually Abused Children	p. 171
Play Therapy for Children with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder	p. 197
Conduct Disorder: Grounded Play Therapy	p. 229
Release Play Therapy for the Treatment of Sibling Rivalry	p. 255
Thematic Play Therapy: An Approach to Treatment of Attachment Disorders in Young Children	p. 277
Play Therapy with the Resistant Child	p. 317
Building a Family: Play Therapy with Adopted Children and Their Parents	p. 337
Index	p. 371
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