Innovations in Play Therapy

<p>This book is unique in exploring the process of conducting short-term intensive group play therapy and the subsequent results. It focuses on play therapy with special populations of aggressive acting-out children autistic children chronically ill children traumatized children selective mute children disassociative identity disorder adults with child alters and the elderly.</p><p>The book addresses such vital issues as:</p><p>* How play therapy helps children</p><p>* Confidentiality in working with children</p><p>* How to work with parents</p><p>* What the play therapist needs to know about medications for children</p><p>The difficult dimension of diagnosis is clarified through specific descriptions of how the play therapist can use play behaviors to diagnose physical abuse sexual abuse and emotional maladjustment in children.</p>