A Practical Handbook for Building the Play Therapy Relationship

Maria A. Giordano, Garry L. Landreth, Leslie D. Jones

• Publisher: Jason Aronson, Inc.
• Year: 2005
• Edition: 1
• eBook ISBN:
  9781461627265
• Topic: Psychology
• Subtopic: Clinical Psychology
• Index: Psychology

Building a safe, accepting, and freeing relationship with a child in the play therapy experience is considered to be essential by practicing play therapists and all theoretical approaches to play therapy. A Practical Handbook for Building the Play Therapy Relationship is designed for practitioners, students, and play therapy supervisors who want a practical approach for learning or teaching the fundamental skills of building a therapeutic relationship in play therapy. It provides a step-by-step approach from structuring the play therapy session to therapeutic limit setting to termination-closure. This book involves the reader in learning and applying these key skills and is a must for practitioners and students of the play therapy process.

Table of contents

• Introduction
• Chapter 1 Child-Centered Play Therapy
• Chapter 2 Play Therapy Room and Toys
• Chapter 3 Prior to the First Play Therapy Session
• Chapter 4 Structuring the Play Therapy Session
• Chapter 5 Acknowledging Non-Verbal Behavior
• Chapter 6 Reflecting Content
• Chapter 7 Reflecting Feelings
• Chapter 8 Facilitating Decision-Making and Responsibility
• Chapter 9 Facilitating Esteem-Building & Encouragement
• Chapter 10 Setting Limits
• Chapter 11 Understanding Therapeutic Responses, Play Behaviors, Facilitating Healing, and Termination
• Chapter 12 Teaching Parents How to Help Their Children Develop Self-Control and Self-Discipline
• Chapter 13 Case Study: School Behavioral Issue
• Chapter 14 Case Study: Grief, Loss, SIDS
• Chapter 15 Case Study: Sibling Rivalry
• Chapter 16 Case Study: Anger and Aggression
• Chapter 17 Case Study: Divorce
• Chapter 18 Case Study: Sexual Abuse and Trauma
• Chapter 19 Role-Play of Skills and Feedback Format
• Chapter 20 Video Review—Identifying and Improving Therapeutic Responses