Implementing play therapy with groups : contemporary issues in practice / edited by Clair Mellenthin, Jessica Stone, Robert Jason Grant.

Other author Mellenthin, Clair, editor.
Other author Stone, Jessica (Child psychologist), editor.
Other author Grant, Robert Jason, 1971- editor.
Format Electronic
PublicationNew York, NY : Routledge, 2022.
Description1 online resource (xiv, 244 pages) : illustrations.
Supplemental ContentEbook Central
Subjects
Group play therapy.

Contents Introduction and foundation of group play therapy. Part I. Group play therapy practice models. Constructing together : therapeutic applications of LEGO [trademark symbol] Serious Play [trademark symbol] -- Humanistic sandtray with preadolescent groups -- The Caped Crusaders : using superheroes in a play therapy group for adolescents -- Autoplay [trademark symbol] therapy play groups for high needs autistic children -- Digital group play therapy -- Camp nurture : an immersion in key components of TraumaPlay [trademark symbol] -- Our village play therapy groups : an integrative design for both in-person and telehealth settings -- Part II. Clinical settings. Group play therapy in schools -- Group play in hospitals : child life playrooms -- Group play therapy in therapeutic residential care -- Group play therapy in outpatient settings. Part III. Special populations. Group play therapy with military connected children and families -- Early play-based interventions for children following disasterous events : from principles to practice -- Play therapy groups with children of divorce : a Jungian approach -- Play therapy group work with sexually abused children -- Play based group retreat for adoptive families -- Play therapy groups with neurodiverse children -- Play therapy group supervision.
Abstract "Implementing Play Therapy with Groups is a new and innovative edited book bringing together experts from across the field of play therapy to explore how to facilitate group play therapy across challenging settings, diagnoses, and practice environments. Applying theoretical and empirical information to address treatment challenges, each chapter focuses on a specific treatment issue and explore ways the reader can implement group work within their play therapy work. Chapters also provides contemporary evidence-based clinical information in providing group therapy with specific populations such as working with children who have been exposed to violence, trauma, adoption, foster care, chronically medically fragile, and more. This book will bring awareness to and provide easily implemented play therapy knowledge and interventions for child and family therapists who work in a range of settings including schools, hospitals, residential treatment centers, and community mental health settings"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Source of descriptionDescription based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.
Issued in other formPrint version: Implementing play therapy with groups New York, NY : Routledge, 2022 9780367556587
LCCN 2021025648
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ISBN1000509842 (electronic bk. : PDF)
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