Description: The importance of therapeutic play in helping children recover from adversity has long been recognized. This unique volume brings together experts on resilience, trauma, and play therapy to describe effective treatment approaches in this key area. The book begins by providing guiding principles for intervention and describing the specific properties of play that promote resilience. Subsequent chapters delve into clinical applications, including such strategies as storytelling and metaphors, sand play, art therapy, play therapy adaptations for school settings, group interventions, and the use of therapeutic writing. Rich case studies and vignettes demonstrate creative ways to bolster at-risk children's strengths and enhance their natural capacity to thrive.
Review Quotes: "Clinicians will discover this book inspires and supports their belief in the capacity of all people to find their way to recognition of their competencies--even in settings where the messages from others would declare otherwise."
-- "Play Therapy Magazine" (12/1/2015 12:00:00 AM)