101 Favorite Play Therapy Techniques (eBook)

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.

Part 1 Section One: Fantasy TechniquesChapter 2 The Playing Baby GameChapter 3 Using Guided Imagery to Augment the Play Therapy ProcessChapter 4 The RosebushChapter 5 Pretending to Know HowPart 6 Section Two: Storytelling TechniquesChapter 7 The Feeling Word GameChapter 8 The Card Story GameChapter 9 Storytelling with FeltsChapter 10 The Box of Buttons TechniqueChapter 11 Computer StorytellingChapter 12 Using Metaphors, Fairy Tales, and Storytelling in Psychotherapy with ChildrenChapter 13 Art or Verbal Metaphors for Children Experiencing LossChapter 14 The Guess My Word Story GameChapter 15 The Scarf StoryChapter 16 Storytelling with ObjectsPart 17 Section Three: Expressive Arts TechniquesChapter 18 The Before and After Drawing TechniqueChapter 19 Feeling BalloonsChapter 20 Magic ArtChapter 21 The Yarn Drawing GameChapter 22 ClayscapesChapter 23 Bad DreamsChapter 24 The Personality PieChapter 25 Life MapsChapter 26 Play ArtChapter 27 Gloop: Treating Sensory DeprivationChapter 28 The Clay Squiggle TechniqueChapter 29 Expressive Arts PlaydoughChapter 30 Inner-ReferenceChapter 31 ReworkingChapter 32 A Line Down the Middle of the PageChapter 33 Create-a-CommunityChapter 34 Outline Drawings of Boys and GirlsChapter 35 The Picture Drawing GameChapter 36 The Color-Emotive BrainChapter 37 Scribble ArtChapter 38 The Feelings TreeChapter 39 Design-a-DadChapter 40 Synthetic Clay in Play TherapyPart 41 Section Four: Game Play TechniquesChapter 42 Checkers: Rules or No RulesChapter 43 Pounding Away Bad FeelingsChapter 44 The Pick-Up Sticks GameChapter 45 The Stealing GameChapter 46 Consequences: Reaching the Oppositional Defiant AdolescentChapter 47 Hide-and-Seek in Play TherapyChapter 48 The Spy and the Sneak