Play Therapy: The Art of the RelationshipPlay Therapy: The Art of the Relationship is the newest incarnation of Garry Landreth’s comprehensive text on creating therapeutic relationships with children through play. It details the Child-Centered Play Therapy model, which stresses the importance of understanding the child’s world and perspective. This approach facilitates the play therapy process while allowing therapist and client to fully connect. Professors who have taught a course based on the previous edition will be pleased to find the core message intact, but updated with a significant body of recent research. Expanded to cover additional topics of interest, the new edition includes:
The Third Edition will feel both familiar and fresh to educators and trainers who have relied on Landreth’s text for years. The guidelines, transcripts, and case examples offered help therapists govern sensitive issues at every stage of the therapeutic process, from the first meeting to the end of the relationship. |
Contents
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Chapter 3 History and Development of Play Therapy | 27 |
Chapter 4 A View of Children | 45 |
Chapter 5 ChildCentered Play Therapy | 53 |
Chapter 6 The Play Therapist | 95 |
Chapter 7 Parents as Partners in Play Therapy | 125 |
Chapter 8 The Playroom and Materials | 149 |
Chapter 11 Therapeutic Limit Setting | 257 |
Chapter 12 Typical Problems in Play Therapy and What to Do If | 285 |
Chapter 13 Issues in Play Therapy | 303 |
Chapter 14 Children in Play Therapy | 321 |
Chapter 15 Determining Therapeutic Process and Termination | 349 |
Chapter 16 Intensive and ShortTerm Play Therapy | 365 |
Chapter 17 Research in Play Therapy | 379 |
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