Integrative Play Therapy with Individuals, Families and Groups

Shlomo Ariel is an Israeli senior clinical psychologist and family therapist, widely published in his areas of expertise – psychotherapy integration, play research, play therapy and culturally competent psychotherapy. He is an international trainer of therapists in these areas.

Preface

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Part 1: Theoretical and methodological foundations

1. My favorite play therapy mix

2. Apprasing the current state of the art

3. The Diamond Model

Part 2: X-Raying make-believe play

4. Play observation techniques

5. Microscopic analysis of observed play

6. Macroscopic analysis on the semantic level

7. Macroscopic analysis of the pragmatic level

Part 3: The manifold magic of make-believe play

8. A formal definition of make-believe play

9. Linguistic peculiarities of make-believe play

10. Make-believe play as a vehicle of learning and development

11. Make-believe play as a pacifier

12. The therapeutic powers of play, revisited

Part 4: Planning a multi-systemic play therapy

13. Multi-systemic diagnostic evaluation

14. Planning a therapeutic strategy

Part 5: How to do it?

15. Conducting a play-therapeutic session

16. Lucy: the girl who created her own father

17. Nadav: a sweet oppositional-defiant boy

18. Play therapy: a reality show

19. Finale

List of cases, sessions and observations

Index