Turning Points in Play Therapy and the Emergence of Self

Applications of the Play Therapy Dimensions Model

Lorri Yasenik, Ken Gardner

• Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Year: 2018
• Print ISBN: 9781785923883
• eBook ISBN: 9781784507473
• Topic: Psychology
• Subtopic: Psychotherapy Counselling
• Index: Psychology

Effective clinical practice requires a thorough understanding of how turning points surface in the play therapy process. These moments can indicate a change in a child's thought or behaviour. The play therapist is the facilitator of these moments and this book will provide guidance on how they can promote these moments.

This edited collection demonstrates successful implementation of the author's proven Play Therapy Dimensions Model. Each chapter uses this framework, as well as other theories, to discuss the markers that can reflect shifts and growth in a child's development. Full of applied guidance, this book will prove to be invaluable for practitioners, instructors and students.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Contents
• Introduction
• 1. Turning Points and Understanding the Development of Self Through Play Therapy
• 2. Emergence of Self through Learn to Play Therapy
• 3. Just Like a Kid! Adlerian Play Therapy
• 4. “You can be the door”: Establishing Safety and Facilitating Growth of Personal Identity with a Traumatized Child
• 5. Turning Points in Treating Complex Trauma in Carlos, a Foster Care Child
• 6. Shame Can Get Stuck in Your Throat: The Rise of Consciousness for Five-Year-Old Freddy
• 7. Corrie and the T-Rex: Courage Reclaimed
• 8. Acknowledging the Unexpressed beneath Trauma: An Encounter of Subjectivities through Play Therapy
• 9. The Therapeutic Dance: The Role of Affective Synchrony in Guiding Therapists When to Lead and When to Follow in Psychotherapy with Traumatized Children
• 10. The Container: Piecing Together a Life Story
• 11. To Kill or Not to Kill While Figuring Out How to Love Me Forever: A Child Loves Her Play, Not Because It’s Easy, But Because It’s Hard
• 12. Symbolic Solutions: Establishing a Sense of Safety for Relationship Repair
• 13. From Isolation to Invigoration: Five Canadian Play Therapists Share an Emergence of Selves through the Power of Finding Belonging in a Professional Community
• 14. Discussion and Summary
• The Editors
• The Contributors
• Appendix A: Degree of Immersion: Therapist Use of Self Scale
• Appendix B: Supervision Form for Therapist Use of Self: Degree of Immersion for Next Session Plan
• Subject Index
• Author Index
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• Acknowledgements
• Copyright
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