Play Therapy Theory and Practice: A Comparative Presentation - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0471106380 ISBN 13: 9780471106388

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 1997

Synopsis

This book describes all of the major models of play therapy and explains how they are used in actual practice. After outlining a case history, the book features chapters written by leading authorities on various models of play therapy. Each discusses his or her model in terms of this common case and outline the application of the model and course of treatment.

About this title

About the Author

KEVIN J. O'CONNOR, PhD, is Professor and Director of the Ecosystemic Clinical Child Psychology Program at the California School of Psychology and an Instructor at the Pacific Graduate School of Psychology. He is Executive Director of the Association for Play Therapy and Editor of Play Therapy Newsletter. Dr. O'Connor maintains a private practice treating children and their families and is coeditor of the renowned Handbook of Play Therapy and the author of The Play Therapy Primer, both published by Wiley. LISA MAGES BRAVERMAN, PhD, is a pediatric psychologist at Children's Health Care, Minneapolis, where she specializes in the treatment of children with cancer. She also maintains a private practice treating children, adolescents, and their families.

From the Inside Flap

Play Therapy Theory and Practice Jason is seven years old and in the second grade. He does well in school and interacts well with other children, although he prefers playing with children who are slightly younger than he is. Jason?s parents have been divorced for two years, but he is close to both of them. Lately he has been given to fits of explosive anger. He is unresponsive to attempts at discipline by either his mother or his teacher. He often seems to withdraw into himself. Recently, he and another boy were arrested for starting a trash fire. Jason was referred to treatment by Child Protective Services following a report to CPS from Jason?s teacher that there was reason to believe that his mother was physically abusing him. Based on these and other details provided in "The Case of Jason L."?including objective and projective test results?how would you characterize Jason?s problem, and how would you apply your particular brand of play therapy in a clinical intervention with Jason? This, in essence, was the question Kevin O?Connor and Lisa Mages Braverman posed to notable play therapists from across North America. The chapters in this book record their detailed responses. In each chapter, an author (or authors) describes a particular theoretical model of play therapy and explains how he or she would apply it to Jason?s case. Among the schools of thought represented are client-centered, psychoanalytic, cognitive-behavioral, Jungian, filial, developmental, Gestalt, family therapy, ecosystemic, Ericksonian, Adlerian, dynamic, and strategic family. In orchestrating Play Therapy Theory and Practice, Dr. O?Connor?s and Dr. Braverman?s goal was to provide readers with an opportunity to gain a practical, hands-on understanding of how current approaches to play therapy work, as well as the underlying principles upon which they are based. Considering the dramatic proliferation of new approaches to play therapy and the corresponding increase in the volume of published material, this book comes not a moment too soon. Play Therapy Theory and Practice is required reading for clinical child psychologists, child psychiatrists, counselors, school psychologists, and all mental health practitioners who work with children.

Edition details

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0471106380
• ISBN 13: 9780471106388
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 432
• Editor: O′Connor Kevin J., Braverman Lisa D.