Play Therapy with Families

Play Therapy with Families: A Collaborative Approach to Healing provides a unique approach for helping families, outlining an in-depth review of play and its relevancy to healing for children and families. Family therapy, family play therapy, filial and theraplay models, and a sandtray intervention for adoptive families are presented as current and researched models of play therapy.

Nancy Riedel Bowers, RSW, Rpt-S, PhD, holds positions within the seminary and faculty of social work at Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, in Ontario, Canada. Nancy holds the position of APT-continuing education provider and is a registered supervisor with APT and CACPT.

List of Figures Acknowledgments Chapter 1: Play as a Voice for Our Children Nancy Riedel Bowers and Anna Bowers Chapter 2: Setting the Context-Play and its Therapeutic Application Nancy Riedel Bowers Chapter 3: Family Therapy Kristin Trotter Chapter 4: Family Play Therapy Kristin Trotter Chapter 5: Narrative Play Therapy with Families Alan McLuckie and Melissa Rowbotham Chapter 6: Filial Therapy and Theraplay Evangeline Munns Chapter 7: Working with Adoptive Families Using Sand, Water, Miniatures and a Sandtray Theresa Fraser Index About the Authors