Play Therapy in Asia

Angela F.Y. Siu Alicia K.L. Pon, Angela F.Y. Siu & Alicia K.L. Pon

• Publisher: The Chinese University of Hong Kong
• Year: 2017
• eBook ISBN: 9789882370166

This edited volume seeks to highlight the development of play therapy in various countries and cities in Asia. The editors discuss how mostly Western play therapy approaches are adapted for use in Asian countries. Having existed for years in the West, play therapy is still in its early stage of development in most Asian countries including Mainland China, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia. This is the first play therapy book written by experts from specific Asian cultures for practitioners and students who are working in the mental health field for Asian groups. Each chapter first describes play therapy development in that particular culture and then uses a case study to illustrate how play therapy can be adapted to suit specific cultural beliefs and environments in order to connect parents with their children or to address clients' needs. This text will be welcomed by professors, clinicians, and parents of all cultures East and West.

Table of contents

• Half Title Page
• Full Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• About the Editors
• About the Contributors
• Acknowledgements
• Foreword
• Foreword
• Section 1. East Meets West
• 1. Play Therapy
• 2. Growing Up in East Asian Cultures
• 3. Play Therapy Research in Asia
• Section 2. Play Therapy Development in Asia
• 4. Play Therapy in Mainland China
• 5. Play Therapy in Hon Kong
• 6. Play Therapy in Indonesia
• 7. Play Therapy in Japan
• 8. Play Therapy in Malaysia
• 9. Play Therapy in the Philippines
• 10. Play Therapy in Singapore
• 11. Play Therapy in South Korea
• 12. Play Therapy in Taiwan
• Section 3. Moving On
• 13. Moving Forward