A Practical Guide to Play Therapy in the Outdoors

Alison Chown is a play therapist and experienced specialist teacher for children and young people with complex behavioural, emotional and social difficulties. She is an independent practitioner and director of Phoenix Play, and its sister company Learning Tree Training Limited, which provide individually tailored training to schools and other agencies. Through this role she also is an associate tutor for Worcester and Plymouth Universities, lecturing at Foundation Degree level in Behaviour for Learning, Developing Inclusive Practice and Child Development. Alison is also a certified Beach school practitioner.

Forward by Professor Sue Jennings Disclaimer Author’s notes Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1- A brief history of play therapy Chapter 2 –Considering the concept and purpose of play Chapter 3 – Play in a broader context Chapter 4 – Play therapy in nature –meanings and metaphors Chapter5 – Getting started – practical, ethical and philosophical considerations Chapter 6 – Places to go, spaces to use – meeting the elements