Colleagues interested in the process of play therapy...will find much to
enjoy and stimulate their thinking in this book. It is easy to read
without being simplistic, and offers a comprehensive analysis of the
challenges and delights of working with troubled children.'
- Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry
The seven case studies in this book provide a detailed and absorbing
account of play therapy undertaken with children and an adolescent, all
of whom experienced emotional problems and/or varying forms of abuse.
Through the narrative form of the individual case studies, details of
the children's therapeutic progress are given, which are then used to
inform discussion of wider practical and theoretical issues. These
issues include communicating with young children, working with silent
children, restoring a child's normal developmental trajectory within
play therapy, and the roles of race, gender and power in play therapy.
Balancing practice and theory, Case Studies in Non-directive Play
Therapy will be of interest to experienced practitioners and students
alike.