Play Therapy Interventions with Children's Problems: Case Studies with DSM-IV-TR Diagnoses

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.

Table of Contents:
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Self-Esteem Chapter 19 Social Adjustment Problems Chapter 20 Speech Difficulties Chapter 21 Traumatization Chapter 22 Withdrawn Children

About the Author :
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.

Review :
A gold mine of useful information. In this volume play therapy articles and dissertations published over the past fifty years are digested for ease of reference.