Essential Play Therapy Techniques

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Essential Play Therapy Techniques is written by Charles E. Schaefer and published by Guilford Publications. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1462524516 (ISBN 10) and 9781462524518 (ISBN 13).

Highly practical and user friendly, this book presents 58 play therapy techniques that belong in every child clinician's toolbox. The expert authors draw from multiple theoretical orientations to showcase powerful, well-established approaches applicable to a broad range of childhood problems. Activities, needed materials, and variations of each technique are succinctly described. Of critical importance for today's evidence-based practitioner, each chapter also includes a historical perspective on the technique at hand, a rationale explaining its therapeutic power, and a review of relevant empirical findings. The book enables readers to determine which strategies are appropriate for a particular child or group and rapidly incorporate them into practice.