Play Therapy Interventions with Children's Problems

This is an easy-to-use reference to the most effective play therapy techniques and their substantiated results. Play therapy is not an approach based on guess, trial and error, or whims of the therapist at the moment. It is a well-thought-out, philosophically conceived, developmentally based, and research-supported method of helping children cope with and overcome the problems they experience in the process of living their lives. Concise digests of play therapy procedures explore the most difficult, as well as the most common problems encountered by play therapists. These digests cover play therapy approaches based on a variety of theoretical positions for dealing with a broad range of specific problems. Because they often do not have access to substantiated results, play therapists sometimes doubt themselves and the effectiveness of their work. This book, an invaluable resource, puts an end to such questioning.

Garry L. Landreth, Ed.D., is regents professor in the Department of Counseling and Higher Education and founder of the Center for Play Therapy at the University of North Texas.
Daniel S. Sweeney, Ph.D. is professor and director of the Northwest Center for Play Therapy Studies at George Fox University.
Linda E. Homeyer, Ph.D., is professor and program coordinator in the Professional Counseling Program at Texas State University-San Marcos.
Dee C. Ray, Ph.D., is associate professor in the Department of Counseling and Higher Education and director of the Child and Family Resource Clinic at the University of North Texas.
Geraldine J. Glover, Ph.D., is associate professor in the Department of Counseling at New Mexico Highlands University-Las Vegas.

Chapter 1 Abuse & Neglect
Chapter 2 Aggression and Acting-Out
Chapter 3 Attachment Difficulties
Chapter 4 Autism
Chapter 5 Burn Victims
Chapter 6 Chronic Illness
Chapter 7 Deaf and Physically Challenged Children
Chapter 8 Dissociation and Schizophrenia
Chapter 9 Emotionally Disturbed Children
Chapter 10 Enuresis and Encopresis Problems
Chapter 11 Fear and Anxiety
Chapter 12 Grief
Chapter 13 Hospitalization
Chapter 14 Learning-Disabled Children
Chapter 15 Mentally Challenged (Handicapped)
Chapter 16 Reading Difficulties
Chapter 17 Selective Mutism
Chapter 18 Self-Concept and Self-Esteem
Chapter 19 Social Adjustment Problems
Chapter 20 Speech Difficulties
Chapter 21 Traumatization
Chapter 22 Withdrawn Children