Nature-Based Play and Expressive Therapies addresses a wide range of healing modalities and case studies that can be used in both indoor and outdoor environments.
Each chapter includes vignettes to support the interventions and approaches presented. Readers will find a diverse array of helpful handouts and topics explored, including tips for creating outdoor healing gardens and labyrinths, guidelines for using nature to address trauma, working with sandplay and storytelling in nature, adapting nature-based interventions via telehealth, and much more.
Chapters focus on work with young children and teens in individual settings as well as work with families and groups, making this book an important read for a wide range of mental health professionals.
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List of Appendices and Handouts |
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List of Vignettes and Case Studies |
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List of Figures and Tables |
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| Foreword |
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| Acknowledgments |
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| About the Editors |
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| About the Contributors |
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| Introduction |
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PART I Essential Nature Foundations |
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1 An Introduction to the Emerging Practice of Nature-Based Play and Expressive Therapies |
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2 "Not Just a Walk in the Park: Complex Layers of Integrating Nature Into Play Therapy Practice" |
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3 Creation of Safe Space for Transformation and Healing: The Chrysalis Model of Intentional Design for Healing Gardens |
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PART II Cultural Considerations |
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4 Let's Go Outside: Nature-Based Play Therapy Through the Lens of Cultural Humility |
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5 Sacred Ground: The Cultural Implication of Nature-Based Therapy with Young Children and the Intersection of Culture |
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PART III Healing Nature-Based Trauma Therapies |
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6 The Nature of TraumaPlay®: Incorporating Nature into the Seven Key Components |
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7 Using Nature to Create Safety for Medical Trauma Integration |
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8 The Integration of Nature-Based Play and EMDR Therapies in the Aftermath of Trauma |
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PART IV Nature Play Therapy Models and Other Individual Therapeutic Applications |
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9 Cultivating Mindfulness Through Use of Nature in Play Therapy |
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10 Nature-Based Child-Centered Play Therapy: Taking the Playroom Outside |
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11 Equine-Assisted Psychotherapy and Learning for Children: Why Horses? |
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PART V Nature-Based Family Interventions |
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12 Tiny Hearts and Hands: Nature Sensory Play Promotes Infant Mental Health |
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13 Nature Play Therapy as a Healing Way for Children, Teens, and Families: Incorporating Nature with Play and Expressive Therapies |
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14 Using Nature-based Interventions in Family Play Therapy |
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PART VI Nature-Based Storytelling Interventions |
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15 Into the Great Forest: Fairy-Tale Themes of the Wild Take Shape in Sandplay |
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16 The Wisdom of Nature: Story Play®, Connecting Nature's Gifts of Thriving and Resiliency to Play |
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17 Story Stone Play: Embodied Imagination in Virtual Therapy and Beyond |
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PART VII Closing Activities |
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| Closing Considerations: Nature Appreciation and Gratitude |
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Janet A. Courtney, PhD, RPT-S is founder of FirstPlay® Therapy and author of Healing Child and Family Trauma Through Expressive and Play Therapies, Infant Play Therapy, and Touch in Child Counseling and Play Therapy.
Jamie Lynn Langley, LCSW, RPT-S maintains a private practice and is teaching faculty at Middle Tennessee State University. She is president of the Tennessee Association for Play Therapy and provides play therapy training and supervision.
Lynn Louise Wonders, LPC, RPT-S is a child and family counselor, professional trainer, consultant, and author of When Parents Are at War: A Child Therapist's Guide to Navigating High Conflict Divorce and the Miss Piper's Playroom series of therapeutic childrens books.
Rosalind Heiko, PhD, ISST, RPT-S is a sandplay therapist, founding board member of the World Association of Sand Therapy Professionals and author of A Therapists Guide to Mapping the Girl Heroines Journey in Sandplay.
Rose LaPiere, LPC, RPT-S, ACS is a trauma therapist and is past president of NJCA-Creativity Division and currently serving on the board for the World Association of Sand Therapy Professionals.
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