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Play Therapy with Adults

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ISBN-10: 0471139599

ISBN-13: 9780471139591

Edition: 2003

Authors: Charles E. Schaefer

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Growing numbers of therapists are employing the healing powers of play in their sessions with adults. This comprehensive book provides all of the available theory and clinical strategies for using play therapy with adults.
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Book details

List price: $89.95
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/1/2002
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 408
Size: 6.28" wide x 9.47" long x 1.24" tall
Weight: 1.980
Language: English

Heidi Gerard Kaduson, PhD, specializes in evaluation and intervention services for children with a variety of behavioral, emotional, and learning problems. She is past president of the International Association for Play Therapy and codirector of The Play Therapy Training Institute, Inc. She has lectured internationally on play therapy, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, and learning disabilities. Widely published, Dr. Kaduson maintains a private practice in child psychotherapy in Hightstown, New Jersey. Charles E. Schaefer, PhD, a nationally renowned child psychologist, is Professor of Psychology and director of the Center for Psychological Services at Fairleigh Dickinson University…    

Preface
Contributors
Introduction: The Healing Potential of Adults at Play
Dramatic Role Play
Drama Therapy with Adults
Psychodrama
Improvisational Play in Couples Therapy
Developmental Transformations in Group Therapy with the Elderly
Therapeutic Humor
Integrating Humor into Psychotherapy
Humor as a Moderator of Life Stress in Adults
Therapeutic Humor with the Depressed and Suicidal Elderly
Sandplay/Doll Play
Using Sandplay in Therapy with Adults
Somatic Consciousness in Adult Sandplay Therapy
Play Therapy for Individuals with Dementia
Using Therapeutic Dolls with Psychogeriatric Patients
Play Groups/Hypno-Play/Client-Centered Play
Adult Group Play Therapy
Using Games with Adults in a Play Therapy Group Setting
Hypno-Play Therapy
Play Therapy for Dissociative Identity Disorder in Adults
Epilogue
Author Index
Subject Index