A practical handbook for building the play therapy relationship

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Title:

Author:

Giordano, Maria, 1964-

ISBN:

9780765701114

Personal Author:

Giordano, Maria, 1964-

Publication Information:

Lanham : Jason Aronson, c2005.

Physical Description:

vii, 223 p. ; 28 cm.

Contents:

Child-centered play therapy -- Play therapy room & toys -- Prior to the first play therapy session -- Structuring the play therapy session -- Acknowledging non-verbal behavior -- Reflecting content -- Reflecting feelings -- Facilitating decision-making and responsibility -- Facilitating esteem-building & encouragement -- Setting limits -- Understanding therapeutic responses, play behaviors, facilitating healing and termination -- Teaching parents how to help their children develop self-control and self-discipline -- Cases study: school behavioral issue -- Case study: grief, loss, SIDS -- Case study: sibling rivalry -- Case study: anger and aggression -- Case study: divorce -- Case study: sexual abuse and trauma -- Role play of skills and feedback format -- Video review - identifying and improving therapeutic responses.

Subject Term:

Play therapy -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Play Therapy -- methods.

Professional-Patient Relations.

Added Author:

Landreth, Garry L.

Jones, Leslie, 1970 September 28-

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Building a safe, accepting, and freeing relationship with a child in the play therapy experience is considered to be essential by practicing play therapists and all theoretical approaches to play therapy. A Practical Handbook for Building the Play Therapy Relationship is designed for practitioners, students, and play therapy supervisors who want a practical approach for learning or teaching the fundamental skills of building a therapeutic relationship in play therapy. It provides a step-by-step approach from structuring the play therapy session to therapeutic limit setting to termination-closure. This book involves the reader in learning and applying these key skills and is a must for practitioners and students of the play therapy process.