Puppet Play Therapy

A Practical Guidebook

Athena A. Drewes, Charles E. Schaefer, Athena A. Drewes, Charles E. Schaefer

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2017
• eBook ISBN: 9781351722049
• Topic: Psychology
• Subtopic: Abnormal Psychology
• Index: Psychology

Puppet Play Therapy is a comprehensive guidebook that describes the basic skills, techniques, and applications for selecting and working with puppets in specific types of settings and populations. Written by preeminent voices in the field, chapters offer invaluable guidance on selecting, using, and assessing puppet-based therapeutic interventions. Both beginning and experienced clinicians will also appreciate the inclusion of practical, step-by-step approaches and reproducible handouts that will aid them in their puppet play therapy sessions.

Index

Page numbers in italic indicate a figure, and page numbers in bold indicate a table on the corresponding page.

abreaction 5, 19

abuse trauma, puppet play therapy for 155–156; benefits of puppets 156, 165–166; case illustrations 23, 166–172; “See No Evil, Hear No Evil” technique 158–160; three-headed dragon puppet in 156–158

academic/cognitive scales (Berkeley Puppet Interview) 33

access to unconscious 4

acknowledging child’s response 38

acting out solutions 135–136

ACT method for limit setting 82–83

Adler, Alfred 98

Adlerian play therapy 6; case study 105–107; implementation of 100–105; overview of 98–99; puppet categories for 100; puppet selection for 100

adolescents: puppet play procedure with 24–25; solution-focused play therapy with 114

AdPT see Adlerian play therapy

adults, puppet therapy with: activating and engaging adults 178; basic guide for 188; cautions 183–184; homeless clients 181; hospital and hospice settings 180–181; individual therapy 184–185; intergenerational work 181–183; people of means 181; population research 185–186; puppet selection for 176–178; script preparation 184; teaching through puppets 174–176; varieties of uses 179–180; young adults 181–183

Advanced Play Therapy (Ray) 78

“The Adventures of Frog and Turtle” (Crenshaw and Mordock) 91–93

affective bridging 167

aggression, Berkeley Puppet Interview items for 45

aggressive-release puppets 79

alligator puppets, value of 8, 20, 127

alter ego 103, 106

anger management, turtle technique for 146–147

anorexia, puppy play therapy case vignette 24

anxiety issues: Berkeley Puppet Interview items for 45; psychodynamic child therapy case vignette 94–96; puppet play therapy case illustrations 18–19, 23–24; puppets as models 212; puppet sentence completion task case illustration 65; solution-focused play therapy case illustration 114–117

ASD see autism spectrum disorder (ASD)

assessment techniques see Berkeley Puppet Interview; Family Puppet Interview; puppet sentence completion task

attempts at mastery 19

autism spectrum disorder (ASD): Berkeley Puppet Interview and 39; externalization and 123–124; puppet sentence completion task and 61–62

Avenue Q 17

awareness of feelings 5

“badness,” sense of 18–19, 87, 94

Bedford Hills Maximum Security Prison 179

behavioral rehearsal 5

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Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• Preface
• Editors
• Contributors
• SECTION I Introduction
• SECTION II Puppet Assessment Techniques
• SECTION III Theoretical Approaches
• SECTION IV Puppet Therapy Techniques
• SECTION V Populations and Settings
• Index