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Tables of Contents for Play Therapy
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Acknowledgments
xiii
Preface
xv
About Me, Garry Landreth
1
8
Principles for Relationships with Children
5
2
Reference
7
2
The Meaning of Play
9
18
Functions of Play
9
2
Symbolic Play
11
3
Children Communicate Through Play
14
2
Play in the Therapeutic Process
16
4
Stages in the Play Therapy Process
20
3
Play of Adjusted and Maladjusted Children
23
2
References
25
2
History and Development of Play Therapy
27
26
Psychoanalytic Play Therapy
29
3
Release Play Therapy
32
2
Relationship Play Therapy
34
1
Nondirective Play Therapy
35
1
Play Therapy in Elementary Schools
35
2
Association for Play Therapy
37
1
University Training
38
1
Center for Play Therapy
38
1
Filial Therapy
39
1
Trends in Play Therapy
40
3
Play Therapy Results
43
2
References
45
8
A View of Children
53
6
Tenets for Relating to Children
53
2
Children Are Resilient
55
2
Some Children Are Like Popcorn, and Some Are Like Molasses
57
1
References
58
1
Child-Centered Play Therapy
59
36
Personality Theory
60
4
A Child-Centered View of Personality and Behavior
64
1
Key Concepts
65
2
Adjustment and Maladjustment
67
3
Therapeutic Conditions for Growth
70
9
The Therapeutic Relationship
79
8
Objectives
87
2
What Children Learn in Play Therapy
89
4
References
93
2
The Play Therapist
95
30
Creating Differences
96
1
Being There
97
1
Personality Characteristics
98
4
Therapist Self-Understanding
102
3
Therapist Self-Acceptance
105
3
Role of the Play Therapist
108
2
Ryan-A Dying Child in Play Therapy
110
6
Supervised Practice Facilitates Self-Insight
116
2
The Inner Struggle of a Beginning Play Therapist
118
2
Recommended Training Program
120
3
References
123
2
The Playroom and Materials
125
26
Playroom Location
126
1
Playroom Size
126
1
Playroom Characteristics
127
3
Other Settings for Play Therapy
130
2
Rationale for Selecting Toys and Materials
132
6
Categories of Toys
138
5
Totebag Playroom
143
1
Recommended Toys and Materials for the Playroom
144
2
Special Considerations
146
2
Suggested Titles for the Play Therapy Program in Schools
148
1
Implementing a Play Therapy Program in Schools
148
1
Reference
149
2
The Parent's Part in the Process
151
22
Background Information
152
2
Must Parents Also Be in Therapy?
154
3
The Parent Interview
157
8
Obtain Permission from Legal Guardian
165
1
Psychiatric Referral
166
1
Explaining Play Therapy to Parents
166
3
Preparing Parents for Separation
169
2
References
171
2
Beginning the Relationship: The Child's Hour
173
34
Objectives of the Relationship
174
2
Making Contact with the Child
176
3
The Initial Encounter in the Waiting Room
179
3
Structuring the Relationship in the Playroom
182
5
Responding to the Reluctant, Anxious Child
187
2
The Child's View of the Play Therapy Relationship
189
4
Questioning Techniques of Children
193
7
Explaining the Observation Mirror and Recording
200
2
Taking Notes During the Session
202
1
Play Therapists' Reactions to Their First Sessions
203
1
Basic Dimensions of the Relationship
204
2
References
206
1
Characteristics of Facilitative Responses
207
38
Sensitive Understanding: Being With
208
1
Caring Acceptance
209
2
Details of Therapeutic Responsiveness
211
4
Facilitative Responses
215
6
Returning Responsibility to Children
221
3
Typical Nonfacilitative Responses
224
8
Paul-A Fearful, Acting-Out Child in Play Therapy
232
13
Therapeutic Limit Setting
245
28
Basic Guidelines in Limit Setting
245
3
When to Present Limits
248
1
Rationale for Therapeutic Limits
249
9
Procedures in Therapeutic Limit Setting
258
1
Steps in the Therapeutic Limit-Setting Process
259
3
When Limits Are Broken
262
3
Tentativeness in Limit Setting
265
1
Situational Limits
266
6
Beginning Play Therapists' Reactions to Setting Limits
272
1
References
272
1
Typical Problems in Play Therapy and What to Do If...
273
20
What to Do If the Child Is Silent
274
2
What to Do If the Child Wants to Bring Toys or Food into the Playroom
276
1
What to Do If the Child Is Overly Dependent
277
2
What to Do If the Child Persists in Seeking Praise
279
3
What to Do If the Child Says You Talk Weird
282
1
What to Do If the Child Wants the Therapist to Play a Guessing Game
283
1
What to Do If the Child Asks for Expressions of Affection
284
2
What to Do If the Child Wants to Hug or Sit in the Therapist's Lap
286
1
What to Do If the Child Tries to Steal a Toy
287
2
What to Do If the Child Refuses to Leave the Playroom
289
2
What to Do If the Therapist Unexpectedly Cannot Keep an Appointment
291
2
Issues in Play Therapy
293
18
Confidentiality
293
2
Participation in the Child's Play
295
4
Accepting Gifts from Children in Play Therapy
299
3
Giving the Child a Reward at the End of Sessions or a Memento at Termination
302
1
Asking the Child to Clean Up
303
3
Informing Children of the Reason They Are in Play Therapy
306
1
Bringing a Friend to the Playroom
307
3
Inviting Parents or Siblings to the Playroom
310
1
References
310
1
Intensive and Short-Term Play Therapy
311
10
Intensive Play Therapy
312
4
Short-Term Play Therapy
316
3
Summary
319
1
References
319
2
Children in Play Therapy
321
30
Nancy-From Baldness to Curls
322
8
Cindy A Manipulative Child
330
10
Amy-A Selective Mute Child
340
8
Significance of Sibling Goup Play Therapy
348
1
Summary
349
1
References
350
1
Determining Therapeutic Process and Termination
351
14
Determining Therapeutic Movement Within Sessions
352
1
Dimensions of Change
353
3
The Meaning of Termination
356
1
Reference Points for Determining Termination
357
3
Procedures for Ending the Relationship
360
2
Children's Reactions to the Last Session
362
2
References
364
1
Filial Therapy: Child-Parent Relationship Training (CPR for Parents)
365
34
Parental Efficacy
366
2
Historical Development of Filial Therapy
368
2
The Process of Filial Therapy
370
3
Selecting Parents
373
3
Group Format for Training
376
2
Structure and Content of the Training Sessions
378
10
Research and Evaluation
388
8
References
396
3
Index
399
8
About the Author
407