Ann Cattanach

Play Therapy

Where the Sky Meets the Underworld

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Ann Cattanach outlines the theoretical basis and provides guidelines for work in this area. She examines the role of the therapist, and the different methods involved in therapy. Also covered is the use of play therapy in different work settings, such as the education service, the social services, and hospitals.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. September 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 278g
• ISBN-13: 9781853022111
• ISBN-10: 185302211X
• Artikelnr.: 21517605

Autorenporträt

Ann Cattanach MSc, CSTD, RDTh, is Course Director, Play Therapy at Roehampton Institute and is co-founder of The Play Therapy Trust. She helped to develop the Dramatherapy course at the Akademie de Kopese Hof, Nijmegen, Netherlands and supervises the Play Therapy course in Athens run by the Centre for Dramatherapy, Theatre and Therapy. She works as a therapist for Harrow NHS Community Trust and acts as a Child Care Consultant/Therapist for several Social Service departments in London. She is the author of several books, including Play Therapy with Abused Children published in 1992 by Jessica Kingsley Publishers.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Play - A Mirror Into the World of the Child. Making sense of the world
through play. Exploring the world of the awakening senses. Embodied play.
My space in the world - what is 'me' and 'not me'. Making symbolic worlds.
Playing the social world - dramatic play - learning the rules/breaking the
rules. 2. Play Therapy. Using the Creative Expressive Play of the Child to
Heal the Hurt. Playing the memories of the past. Playing an imaginary past
- starting again. Re-making a world. Mending and healing. 3. The Roles of
the Therapist. The social role of the therapist. The therapist as
transference figure. The therapist as a character in the play. 4.
Structuring the Play. Structure of the therapy. Settings and materials.
Contracts with the child. 5. Methods and Processes in Play Therapy.
Creative free play. Dramatic play. Task-based play. 6. Work Settings for
Play Therapy. Play therapy in social services. Play therapy in the
education service. Play therapy in hospitals. 7. The Adult Playground.
Finding the roots of creativity. Creative-expressive play.