Heidi Gerard Kaduson, PhD, RPT-S, specializes in evaluation and intervention services for children with a variety of behavioral, emotional, and learning problems. She is past president of the Association for Play Therapy and co-director of the Play Therapy Training Institute. Kaduson has co-edited many books and maintains a private practice in Monroe Township, New Jersey. Charles E. Schaefer, PhD, RPT-S, is professor emeritus of psychology, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Hackensack, New Jersey. Schaefer is cofounder and director emeritus of the Association for Play Therapy and a fellow of the American Psychological Association. Among Schaefer's sixty-five books are the outstanding Handbook of Play Therapy and The Therapeutic Use of Child's Play, both of which have become classics in the field. He maintains a private psychotherapy practice for children and their families in Hackensack, New Jersey.
This is an essential resource for all play therapists (beginning
through advanced) looking to enhance their repertoire of creative
interventions. Mental health professionals from all theoretical
orientations will find creative techniques to use with and/or adapt
to their child, adolescent, and family clients in a wide variety of
settings. Combined with 101 Favorite Play Therapy Techniques and
101 More Favorite Play Techniques clinicians now have more than
three hundred user-friendly, innovative techniques to meet the
challenges of young clients.
*M. Kay Hannah, PhD, Michigan State University School of Social
Work, Life Guidance Services*
With Volume III of 101 Favorite Play Therapy Techniques, Drs.
Kaduson and Schaefer have compiled another impressive array of play
therapy techniques created and shared by an international group of
contributors. This book is packed with practical guidance for child
clinicians, including clear rationales, step-by-step instructions,
and tips for use of each technique with different problems. The
techniques are straightforward, inexpensive, and attuned to
children's needs. Playing therapeutically with children is the best
and most developmentally appropriate way to help them cope with
life's trials and to promote their healthy, happy adjustment, and
this book can help us all do it better.
*Rise VanFleet, PhD, RPT-S, director, Family Enhancement and Play
Therapy Center*
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