International Handbook of Play Therapy: Advances in Assessment, Theory, Research and Practice [Kietas viršelis]

While play therapy has become increasingly popular, therapists often are not aware of what their peers in other countries are doing. To reduce professional isolation and provide a resource on innovations in the field, Shaefer (Fairleigh Dickinson U., New Jersey), a child psychologist in private practice, presents 15 chapters on play therapy models, assessment, research, applications, and activities. Contributors discuss treating children with behavior problems, including those traumatized by war. They assess sibling relationships for legal purposes, and concern over the inability to quantify the child-therapist relationship for research. Chapters include case histories and session excerpts. Annotation ©2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

In the past twenty-five years, the practice of play therapy has increased exponentially in America and throughout the world. This handbook brings together an international group of scholars and therapists to address a wide variety of topics relevant to the rapidly expanding field of play therapy. The primary goal of the handbook is to provide play therapists with practical information they can put into immediate use in their clinical work with children and adolescents. Thus the focus is on advances in assessment, theory, research, and practice that have universal appeal, rather than on adaptations of play therapy to specific cultures.