HIDDEN TREASURE A MAP TO THE CHILDS INNER SELF (PB 2006)

Hidden Treasure is a follow up to Oaklander's first book Windows To Our Children. Most of the books available in working with this population are written from a traditional 'play therapy' point of view. The Gestalt Therapy-based approach provides a more effective method for psychotherapeutic work with children of all ages. The focus is on the relationship between the therapist and client rather than observation and interpretation. It is a vigorous dynamic approach.Violet Oaklander uses a wide variety of creative expressive and projective techniques in her work and each chapter reflects and exemplifies the use of this work in the service of therapy. The approach is applicable to a wide variety of ages as well as individual family and group settings. The book will interest child and adolescent psychotherapists psychologists social workers counselors interns school personnel as well as graduate-level students. Parents may also find it helpful as well as adults who are interested in the child within.