… encountered in the practice of therapeutic interventions through play is the nonavailability of
… growth and use of play therapy as a therapeutic intervention to work with children currently. …

… overview about how children’s play can be observed and contribute to assessment and
treatment planning for children… ways the play experience can be crafted to assist children with …

… This book is an introduction to play therapy and therapeutic play. I hope it will also be useful
to experienced workers who are interested in further developing connections between theory…

… An overview of (a) the development of play therapy and (b) previous meta-analytic reviews …
Although our findings statistically show the superiority of humanistic play therapy interventions…

… The best therapeutic intervention is one that gets the job done with an individual case in the
… This chapter contains an overview of the basic premises and core practices of the prescrip…

… development of the therapeutic relationship with the child through genuineness, empathy, …
Research on play therapy has suggested that nondirective, humanistic play therapy …

… an introduction to non-directive play therapy, … in play as a therapeutic intervention has
grown steadily over the past decade, driven in part by the recognition of the numbers of children …

… This can be particularly true when a therapeutic intervention is needed; and, ironically, at just
the time that we feel the most pressure to hurry. … In concluding this introduction, may we say, …

… If we are unable to offer a life free from violence and fear, we owe our children the best
therapeutic interventions that we can develop, delivered with respect, efficacy and compassion. …

… This chapter explores why and how play therapy works. It provides an overview of the
mechanisms of change underlying play therapy in order to understand the specific forces that …