Michelle Pliske, Lindsey Balboa

Integrating Yoga and Play Therapy

The Mind-Body Approach for Healing Adverse Childhood Experiences

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book demonstrates how using yoga alongside play therapy has a hugely positive impact on addressing adverse childhood experiences. Combining mental health and neuroscience with arts therapies and a mind-body approach, this powerful book helps support the needs of children who have experienced trauma.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Juli 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 272g
• ISBN-13: 9781785928123
• ISBN-10: 1785928120
• Artikelnr.: 55309922

Autorenporträt

Michelle M. Pliske is a US social work academic based at the Firefly Institute, Oregon, and a counselor specializing in play therapy and yoga. Lindsay E. Balboa is a child and family therapist and program administrator at the Firefly Institute.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Introduction: Rationale behind the book and how we came to develop a yoga and play paradigm
1. A primer on child development, play and expressive arts therapies
2. The mind body connection: Yoga and play to address adverse experiences for children
3. Non-directive and directive yoga and play therapy: Case examples: Kelly, Anna and Emily
4. Yoga and play can happen in every setting: Group and family systems
5. Concluding Thoughts: Self-care and future research
Further Reading
About the Authors
References
Index