Play Therapy with Adults (eBook)

CHARLES E. SCHAEFER, PhD, is Professor of Psychology and Director of the Center for Psychological Services at Fairleigh Dickinson University in Teaneck, New Jersey. An expert in the field of play therapy, he is the cofounder of the Association for Play Therapy.

Preface.

Contributors.

1. Introduction: The Healing Potential of Adults at Play (DottieWard-Wimmer).

PART I DRAMATIC ROLE PLAY.

2. Drama Therapy with Adults (Robert J. Landy).

3. Psychodrama (Adam Blatner).

4. Improvisational Play in Couples Therapy (Daniel J. Wiener andDavid Cantor).

5. Developmental Transformations in Group Therapy with the Elderly(David Read Johnson, Ann Smith, and Miller James).

PART II THERAPEUTIC HUMOR.

6. Integrating Humor into Psychotherapy (Steven M. Sultanoff).

7. Humor as a Moderator of Life Stress in Adults (Herbert M.Lefcourt).

8. Therapeutic Humor with the Depressed and Suicidal Elderly(Joseph Richman).

PART III SANDPLAY/DOLL PLAY.

9. Using Sandplay in Therapy with Adults (Rie Rogers Mitchell andHarriet S. Friedman).

10. Somatic Consciousness in Adult Sandplay Therapy (KateAmatruda).

11. Play Therapy for Individuals with Dementia (Kathleen S.Mayers).

12. Using Therapeutic Dolls with Psychogeriatric Patients (MallyEhrenfeld).

PART IV PLAY GROUPS/HYPNO-PLAY/CLIENT-CENTERED PLAY.

13. Adult Group Play Therapy (Christine Caldwell).

14. Using Games with Adults in a Play Therapy Group Setting(Jennifer Kendall).

15. Hypno-Play Therapy (Marian Kaplun Shapiro).

16. Play Therapy for Dissociative Identity Disorder in Adults(Laura W. Hutchison).

Epilogue.

Author Index.

Subject Index.