Personal Process in Child-Centred Play Therapy

David Le Vay is a qualified social worker and registered play therapist, dramatherapist and sandplay therapist. He has worked with children, who have experienced significant loss, trauma and abuse, as well as with their families and carers. He is also Senior Lecturer at Roehampton University and an approved BAPT play therapy supervisor. Elise Cuschieri is Senior Lecturer and convenes the MA Play Therapy programme at the University of Roehampton. She is a BAPT-registered play therapist and works in the NHS and other sectors with children and their families who have experienced life-limiting illness, loss, trauma and abuse.

1. ‘The child is the father of the man’: paternal patterns of countertransference and empathy, David Le Vay; 2. Thresholds and transitions: from trainee to therapist and trainer, Elise Cuschieri; 3. The stories we tell about ourselves, Lauren Shaw; 4. A hero’s journey: finding gold at the end of the rainbow, Sarah Zehetmayr-McCall and Lisa Gordon Clark; 5. Shame: healing and beyond, Francesca Wright; 6. Present without presence: supporting the dissociative child in play therapy, Genene Grubb; 7. I see you; you see me. The personal process of a play therapy clinical supervisor, Simon Kerr-Edwards; 8. The artisans of the relationship: an exploration of trainee vulnerability, Maria Victoria Aralde; 9. Self-care: another important relationship, Sue Topping; 10. The art of witnessing: exploring the interplay between play therapy, theatre and supervision, Ann Marie John; 11. Tremor: shaken and stirred, David Le Vay; 12. When we say goodbye: a reflective account of endings in the therapeutic relationship, Martine Wheeldon