This highly readable book provides a comprehensive theoretical and
practical guide to non-directive play therapy, which is an effective and
ethically sound method of helping troubled children and adolescents with
their emotional difficulties. It draws extensively on case material to
guide practitioners through the intricacies of establishing and
practising this therapeutic approach.
- Principles and background to the development of non-directive play
therapy as a therapeutic method
- An updated theoretical framework for this approach, including symbolic
play and its role in therapy
- Essential assessment, planning and practice issues and skills
- Working with children and their families systematically
- Play therapy in statutory settings
- Presenting therapeutic material in court proceedings
This second edition has been thoroughly revised and updated to
incorporate recent theory, research and practice developments. New
issues addressed include: additional considerations when working with
children in statutory settings, the integration of attachment theory
within the book's Piagetian framework, using drawing, structured
exercises and role play within a non-directive approach, and working
with a wide variety of children's and adolescents' concerns.