Deep Play - Exploring the Use of Depth in Psychotherapy with Children

Dennis McCarthy

ISBN 10: 184905777X / ISBN 13: 9781849057776

Published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2015

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Deep Play - Exploring the Use of Depth in Psychotherapy with Children
• Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 184905777X
• ISBN 13: 9781849057776
• Binding: Paperback / softback
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Offering theoretical grounding and practical techniques that demonstrate the profound therapeutic impact deep play can produce in work with children

About the Authors

Dennis McCarthy is a licensed mental health counselor in New York state and is the director of Metamorfos Institute. He is a psychotherapist working with both children and adults and specializing in sandplay and dream work. Initially trained as a dancer, he weaves the body's innate urge to move into all of his work.

Shaun McNiff PhD, ATR is the Provost and Dean of Endicott College in Beverly, Massachusetts. An internationally-renowned figure in the creative arts therapies, he has written many critically-acclaimed books including Art as Medicine: Creating a Therapy of the Imagination,Educating the Creative Arts Therapist and Depth Psychology of Art. Dr McNiff has been honoured on many occasions for his pioneering contributions to the creative arts therapy field, and he is the 1997 recipient of the America Art Therapy Association's Honorary Life Member Award.