Reflections on Play Therapy

This book explores an extensive range of questions and challenges within the training, theory, and practice of play therapy, with the aim of providing a stimulating and thought-provoking debate around many of the issues and dilemmas therapists experience.

David Le Vay is a consultant, supervisor, and practising independent therapist within a multi-disciplinary therapy team. He worked extensively for many years as a senior lecturer teaching and developing the MA Play Therapy Programme at the University of Roehampton, London.

1. Wherever you go, there you are: pathways to training and beyond 2. Playful pedagogy: the role of reflective, experiential learning within play therapy training 3. On not trusting the process 4. Stormy weather: on not being good enough 5. I walk, therefore I am: paths to self-care 6. Power, privilege and intersectionality: the politics of the playroom 7. A postcard from the edge: reflections on liminality and the role of play as a response to the Covid 19 pandemic 8. A view from the boundary 9. Weather report: the climate emergency and child mental health 10. Taken: play therapy with children in care 11. Autumn leaves: reflections on endings