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Challenges in the Theory and Practice of Play Therapy

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Challenges in the Theory and Practice of Play Therapy provides an advanced and in-depth exploration of the issues and challenges relating to the training, theory, and practice of Child-Centred Play Therapy. The ethos of the book is process-orientated, and it discusses the particular therapeutic challenges that are encountered on a day-to-day basis.

Drawing upon clinical material and cutting-edge theory, David Le Vay and Elise Cuschieri bring together experienced practitioners from the field to explore key topics such as:

  • The therapeutic use of self within play therapy

  • Gender issues in play therapy

  • The play therapist’s experience of self-doubt

  • Working with acquired brain injury

  • Working with developmental trauma

  • The role of research within play therapy

  • The role of experiential training groups in a play therapy training program

Original and stimulating, Challenges in the Theory and Practice of Play Therapy will be of interest and value to all those working within the area of child mental health, both in practice and in training, and particularly those in the wider Arts and Play Therapy community who are working therapeutically with troubled children.

3 reviews for Challenges in the Theory and Practice of Play Therapy

  1. Elle
    Packed full of theory, yet easy to read!
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    Mrs Sandra Emmet
    Great book , dispatched much earlier than expected.
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    HK
    I really enjoyed this book. It includes a variety of informative and stimulating chapters on topics that often don't receive as much attention in the ...More
    I really enjoyed this book. It includes a variety of informative and stimulating chapters on topics that often don't receive as much attention in the play therapy literature. I particularly enjoyed how much the articles allowed me, the reader, a chance to breathe and reflect on some of the questions they raise about working with various children and on the therapist's own process and questions. Many books offer clear prescriptions of how to work. This book is not one of them. Rather, it offers a chance to stop, think, wonder, and enjoy the therapeutic process as it unfolds and is discussed, in all its complexity and beauty.
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