Play Therapy with Adolescents

Adolescents are often resistant, hostile, moody, and difficult, but they can also be fascinating, creative, spontaneous, and passionate. How do mental health professionals get past the facade? Play Therapy with Adolescents is the first book to offer a complete variety of play therapy approaches specifically geared toward adolescents. The chapters, written by experts in the field, offer readers entry into the world of adolescents, showing how to make connections and alliances.

ISBN 0765703394   Pages 312 ISBN13 9780765703392 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Jason Aronson Inc. Publishers   Weight (grammes) 531 Imprint Jason Aronson Inc. Publishers   Published in Northvale NJ Format Hardback   Height (mm) 239 Publication date 08 Apr 2005   Width (mm) 162 Library of Congress RJ505.P6 P   Spine width (mm) 21 DEWEY 618.92891653   Academic level General DEWEY edition DC21

1		An introduction to play therapy with adolescents by Claire Milgrom		3
2		Adolescent sand tray therapy by Theresa Kestly		18
3		Theraplay with adolescents by Evangeline Munns		30
4		Activity filial therapy with adolescents by Christopher J. Brown		48
5		Transitional objects in play therapy with adolescents by Johanna Krout Tabin		68
6		Drama therapy with adolescents by Loretta Gallo-Lopez		81
7		Adolescent play therapy from a nondirective stance by Virginia Ryan and Kate Wilson		96
8		Play therapy techniques to engage adolescents by Scott Riviere		121
9		The use of poetry in play therapy with adolescents by Andrew Taylor and Steven C. Abell		143
10		Metaphorical thinking with adolescents by Dorothy Breen		159
11		Adolescents in foster care : grounded play therapy by Neil Cabe		177
12		Therapy making use of "games of rapport," "games of courtesy," and "good habits" by Thomas M. Nelson		210
13		Play in the therapy of adolescents with eating disorders by Lisa Rogers and Hal Pickett		222
14		Group therapy for adolescents with anger problems by Karen Snyder Badau and Giselle B. Esquivel		239
15		Cognitive-behavioral interventions for bullies, victims, and bystanders by Berthold Berg		267

Beginning, intermediate, and advanced practitioners will find Play Therapy with Adolescents of interest. The chapters are written by some of the leading therapists in the field. The book is well written and provides thorough explanations of how to carry out different types of therapy with varying populations. The editors have clearly chosen chapters that cover the full spectrum of play therapy techniques that may be applicable for use with the adolescent population. The majority of chapters have research, theory, and case illustration components which make for easy reading and comprehensive learning. Recommended for all levels of social work practitioners looking to increase their repertoire of therapeutic techniques with adolescents. Clinical Social Work Journal

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