Foundations of Play Therapy

Edited by Charles E. Schaefer—the "father of playtherapy"—Foundations of Play Therapy, Second Editionis a complete, state-of-the-art guide to the many diverseapproaches to, and methods used in, play therapy practice withchildren and adolescents.

Featuring an expert panel of contributors, this comprehensivereference provides up-to-date and insightful coverage of all of themajor theoretical models of play therapy and offers practicalexamples for the application of each model, including:

• Narrative play therapy

• Solution-focused play therapy

• Experiential play therapy

• Release play therapy

• Integrative play therapy

• Psychoanalytic approaches to play therapy

• Child-centered play therapy

• Gestalt play therapy

• Family play therapy

• Cognitive behavioral play therapy

• Prescriptive play therapy

Written for therapists looking for guidance on how toincorporate play therapy into their practice, as well as studentsor those in need of a refresher on the latest methods andtechniques, Foundations of Play Therapy, SecondEdition is a standard-setting resource presenting pragmatic anduseful information for therapists at all levels of training.