A Manual of Dynamic Play Therapy: Helping Things Fall Apart, the Paradox of Play
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Main Author: McCarthy, Dennis (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2012
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Online Access:Volltext
Item Description:Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; A Note on the Text; Foreword; Introduction; Part 1 Invoking the Spirit of Play; Chapter 1 Paradox; Chapter 2 The Roles of the Dynamic Play Therapist; Active witnessing; Active containing; Provocation; Envisioning; Chapter 3 Synchrony and Mirroring; Part 2 Imaginative Play; Chapter 4 The Meaning and Necessity of Symbols; Chapter 5 Symbols as Vehicles for Emotion; Chapter 6 Sand as Vehicle for Symbols; Empty/full; Part 3 Aggressive Play; Chapter 7 The Function and Necessity of Aggression; Aggression vs. regression
Chapter 8 Aggression and the Connection to the SelfChapter 9 Aggression and the Connection to Others; Deepening the connection to self and other; Chapter 10 Play Materials that Facilitate Healthy Aggression; Clay; Drawing; Building blocks; Puppets; Sand; Part 4 Helping Things Fall Apart; Chapter 11 The Mythological Perspective; Mythology as archetypal language of the child; Looking at Medusa; Mythic fathers and mythic mothers; Chapter 12 The Natural World as Evidence; Epilogue; References; Recommended Reading
Children experience growth and change throughout their lives. This book explains how this reorganising process can be used in play therapy to help children dealing with social, neurological, developmental, Â health and family issues. Theory and examples are used to show how to apply the practice with a range of clients
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (200 pages)
ISBN:9780857006448
0857006444

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