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23%OFFCharles E. Schaefer - The Therapeutic Powers of Play - 9781118336878 - V9781118336878
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The Therapeutic Powers of Play

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Description for The Therapeutic Powers of Play Paperback. While current research shows that play therapy is an effective means of treatment, it doesn't explain why it helps or how to utilize play therapy to bring about positive change. Num Pages: 368 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JMC; JNC; MMJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 178 x 24. Weight in Grams: 648.

A practical look at how play therapy can promote mental health wellness in children and adolescents

Revised and expanded, The Therapeutic Powers of Play, Second Edition explores the powerful effects that play therapy has on different areas within a child or adolescent's life: communication, emotion regulation, relationship enhancement, and personal strengths. Editors Charles Schaefer and Athena Drewes—renowned experts in the field of play therapy—discuss the different interventions and components of treatment that can move clients to change.

Leading play therapists contributed to this volume, supplying a wide repertoire of practical techniques and applications in each chapter for use in clinical ... Read more

  • Direct teaching
  • Indirect teaching
  • Self-expression
  • Relationship enhancement
  • Attachment formation
  • Catharsis
  • Stress inoculation
  • Creative problem solving
  • Self-esteem

Filled with clinical case vignettes from various theoretical viewpoints, the second edition is an invaluable resource for play and child therapists of all levels of experience and theoretical orientations.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781118336878
SKU
V9781118336878
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-5

About Charles E. Schaefer
CHARLES E. SCHAEFER, PhD, RPT-S, is Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Fairleigh Dickinson University in New Jersey. Dr. Schaefer has written or edited over fifty-five professional books, many on the topic of play therapy. He cofounded the Association for Play Therapy in 1982, which currently has over 6,000 members, and now serves as Director Emeritus for the organization. ... Read more

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