BookPamela Meersand, Karen J. Gilmore.
Contents:
Why play therapy? Introduction to the psychodynamic treatment of young children
Play, playfulness, and the sequence of play forms in development
Pretend play
Play in the digital age
Basic psychodynamic concepts and their use in play therapy
Therapeutic action and the multiple functions of play therapy
Play and developmental psychopathology, deprivation, or disability
The logistics: planning a practice and arranging for office space
Getting started, creating an alliance and facilitating play
Working with parents over the course of treatment
Deepening play therapy via verbalizing inner states, expanding narratives and working with transference and defense
Ending play therapy and the process of termination
Play therapy, variations in development and serious psychopathology.