Creative Play in Family Therapy

<p>This practical resource integrates family therapy theory with playful interventions and techniques to allow family therapists to successfully engage and include children in the session.</p><p>Many therapists who are trained in family therapy lack training in child-centered play techniques. This book effectively bridges the gap between popular theories and models in family therapy and the practice of working with children in a family context. Showcasing playful therapy techniques across and within each of the most common models of a family therapy such as Experiential Structural and Narrative Therapy and Psychodynamic and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) this book is accessible to a wide range of clinicians. Additionally the author offers clear tangible interventions adaptable for both in-person and teletherapy sessions.</p><p>This book is essential reading for practicing therapists students in training clinical supervisors and anyone who works with children in a therapeutic capacity.</p>