Overview
A practical look at how play therapy can promote mental health wellness in children and adolescents
Revised and expanded, The Therapeutic Powers of Play, Second Edition explores the powerful effects that play therapy has on different areas within a child or adolescent's life: communication, emotion regulation, relationship enhancement, and personal strengths. Editors Charles Schaefer and Athena Drewes—renowned experts in the field of play therapy—discuss the different interventions and components of treatment that can move clients to change.
Leading play therapists contributed to this volume, supplying a wide repertoire of practical techniques and applications in each chapter for use in clinical practice, including:
- Direct teaching
- Indirect teaching
- Self-expression
- Relationship enhancement
- Attachment formation
- Catharsis
- Stress inoculation
- Creative problem solving
- Self-esteem
Filled with clinical case vignettes from various theoretical viewpoints, the second edition is an invaluable resource for play and child therapists of all levels of experience and theoretical orientations.
This book title, The Therapeutic Powers of Play (20 Core Agents of Change), ISBN: 9781118336878, by Charles E. Schaefer, Athena A. Drewes, published by Wiley (September 16, 2013) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
Unlike Amazon and other retailers who may also offer The Therapeutic Powers of Play (20 Core Agents of Change) books on their website, we specialize in large quantities and provide personal service, from trusted, experienced, friendly people in Portland, Oregon. We offer a Price Match Guarantee, and QuickQuote form, to make purchasing quick and easy.
Prefer to work with a human being when you order The Therapeutic Powers of Play (20 Core Agents of Change) books in bulk? Our Book Specialists are standing by Monday-Friday 8-5 PST, ready to help!