Schaefer / Drewes The Therapeutic Powers of Play

20 Core Agents of Change
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-118-42020-1
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 368 Seiten, E-Book

"Focusing on the specific ingredients that activate clinicalchange, this book is enhanced by current research, more amplescope, and an array of contributions in contemporary and relevanttopic areas. It is full of inspiration, direction, and grounding.This is a stunning contribution to the field of child therapy."
--Eliana Gil, PhD, Gil Institute for Trauma Recoveryand Education
A practical look at how play therapy can promote mentalhealth wellness in children and adolescents
Revised and expanded, The Therapeutic Powers of Play, SecondEdition explores the powerful effects that play therapy has ondifferent areas within a child or adolescent's life: communication,emotion regulation, relationship enhancement, and personalstrengths. Editors Charles Schaefer and Athena Drewes--renownedexperts in the field of play therapy--discuss the differentinterventions and components of treatment that can move clients tochange.
Leading play therapists contributed to this volume, supplying awide repertoire of practical techniques and applications in eachchapter for use in clinical practice, including:
* Direct teaching
* Indirect teaching
* Self-expression
* Relationship enhancement
* Attachment formation
* Catharsis
* Stress inoculation
* Creative problem solving
* Self-esteem
Filled with clinical case vignettes from various theoreticalviewpoints, the second edition is an invaluable resource for playand child therapists of all levels of experience and theoreticalorientations.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Schaefer, Charles E.

Drewes, Athena A.

Über Autor(innen)

CHARLES E. SCHAEFER, PhD, RPT-S, is Professor Emeritus ofPsychology at Fairleigh Dickinson University in New Jersey. Dr.Schaefer has written or edited over fifty-five professional books,many on the topic of play therapy. He cofounded the Association forPlay Therapy in 1982, which currently has over 6,000 members, andnow serves as Director Emeritus for the organization.
ATHENA A. DREWES, PsyD, MA, RPT-S, is the Director ofClinical Training and the APA-Accredited Internship at AstorServices for Children & Families, a multiservice nonprofitagency in New York. She is past director of the Association forPlay Therapy and serves on the editorial board of the InternationalJournal of Play Therapy.