Play Therapy with Children and Adolescents in Crisis : Treatments for Stress, Anxiety, and Trauma : 4th Edition

Play Therapy with Children and Adolescents in Crisis : Treatments for Stress, Anxiety, and Trauma : 4th Edition
ISBN: 9781462522217
Publication Date: 30 July 2015

This widely used practitioner resource and course text is considered the most comprehensive guide to working with children who have experienced major losses, family upheavals, violence in the school or community, and other traumatic events. Leading experts present a range of play and creative arts therapy techniques in chapters organized around in-depth case examples. Informed by the latest knowledge on crisis intervention and trauma, the book now encompasses work with adolescents as well as younger children. Each chapter concludes with instructive questions for study or reflection.

New to This Edition
*Expanded age range: now includes expressive therapy approaches for adolescents.
*More attention to traumatic stress reactions and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD); several chapters address complex trauma.
*Extensively revised with the latest theory, practices, and research; many new authors.
*Additional topics: parental substance abuse, group work with adolescents, chronic medical conditions, animal-assisted play therapy and courtroom testimony, and more.

About the Author

Nancy Boyd Webb, DSW, LICSW, RPT-S, is a leading authority on play therapy with children who have experienced loss and traumatic bereavement. She is University Distinguished Professor Emerita of Social Work in the Graduate School of Social Service at Fordham University, where she held the endowed James R. Dumpson Chair in Child Welfare Studies and founded the Post-Mastera (TM)s Certificate Program in Child and Adolescent Therapy. She has published numerous books on child therapy, trauma, and bereavement, including Helping Bereaved Children and Social Work Practice with Children (both now in their third editions).<...