The Therapeutic Powers of Play

"Focusing on the specific ingredients that activate clinical change, this book is enhanced by current research, more ample scope, and an array of contributions in contemporary and relevant topic 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 Recovery and EducationA practical look at how play therapy can promote mental health wellness in children and adolescentsRevised and expanded, The Therapeutic Powers of Play, Second Edition explores the powerful effects that play therapy has on different areas within a child or adolescent's life: communication, emotion regulation, relationship enhancement, and personal strengths. Editors Charles Schaefer and Athena Drewes-renowned experts in the field of play therapy-discuss the different interventions and components of treatment that can move clients to change.Leading play therapists contributed to this volume, supplying a wide repertoire of practical techniques and applications in each chapter for use in clinical practice, including:* Direct teaching* Indirect teaching* Self-expression* Relationship enhancement* Attachment formation* Catharsis* Stress inoculation* Creative problem solving* Self-esteemFilled with clinical case vignettes from various theoretical viewpoints, the second edition is an invaluable resource for play and child therapists of all levels of experience and theoretical orientations.

Chapter 1 Introduction: How Play Therapy Causes Therapeutic ChangeAthena A. Drewes and Charles SchaeferPart I Facilitates CommunicationChapter 2 Self-ExpressionMary Morrison Bennett and Stephanie EbertsChapter 3 Access To The UnconsciousDavid Crenshaw and Kathleen TillmanChapter 4 Direct TeachingTheresa FraserChapter 5 Indirect TeachingAideen Taylor de FaoitePart II Fosters Emotional WellnessChapter 6 CatharsisAthena A. Drewes and Charles E. SchaeferChapter 7 AbreactionEileen PrendivilleChapter 8 Positive EmotionsTerry KottmanChapter 9 Counter-conditioning FearsTammi Van HollanderChapter 10 Stress InoculationAngela M. CavettChapter 11 Stress ManagementKristin S. BemisPart III Enhances Social RelationshipsChapter 12 Therapeutic RelationshipAnne L. Stewart and Lennis G. EchterlingChapter 13 AttachmentWilliam F. Whelan and Anne L. StewartChapter 14 Social CompetenceJulie Blundon NashChapter 15 EmpathyRichard GaskillPart IV Increases personal strengthsChapter 16 Creative Problem SolvingSandra W. Russ and Claire E. WallaceChapter 17 ResiliencyJohn SeymourChapter 18 Moral DevelopmentJill PackmanChapter 19 Accelerated Psychological DevelopmentSiobhán PrendivilleChapter 20 Self-RegulationMarcie Yeager & Daniel YeagerChapter 21 Self-EsteemDiane Frey