Creative Play in Family Therapy

Effective Strategies and Interventions for Child-Centered Treatment

Lisa René Reynolds

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2025
• eBook ISBN: 9781040333341
• Topic: Psychology
• Subtopic: Psychotherapy
• Index: Psychology

This practical resource integrates family therapy theory with playful interventions and techniques to allow family therapists to successfully engage and include children in the session.

Many therapists who are trained in family therapy lack training in child-centered play techniques. This book effectively bridges the gap between popular theories and models in family therapy and the practice of working with children in a family context. Showcasing playful therapy techniques across and within each of the most common models of a family therapy such as Experiential, Structural, and Narrative Therapy, and Psychodynamic and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), this book is accessible to a wide range of clinicians. Additionally, the author offers clear tangible interventions adaptable for both in-person and teletherapy sessions.

This book is essential reading for practicing therapists, students in training, clinical supervisors, and anyone who works with children in a therapeutic capacity.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Endorsement Page
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• 1 Structural Therapy
• 2 Strategic Therapy
• 3 Bowen Family Therapy
• 4 Contextual Therapy
• 5 Experiential Therapy
• 6 Narrative Therapy
• 7 Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT or SFT)
• 8 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
• 9 Integrative Systemic Therapy (IST)
• 10 Gestalt Therapy
• 11 Strengths-Based Therapy
• 12 Psychodynamic Therapy
• 13 Best Practices
• 14 General Interventions
• 15 Master List of Items for a Well-Stocked Child-Friendly Therapy Office
• References
• Index