Play Therapy with Children in Crisis: A Casebook for Practitioners

Book Overview

Completely revised and updated, this edition demonstrates the application of specific play therapy techniques for helping children who have been traumatised. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0898627605
• ISBN13: 9780898627602
• Release Date: August 1991
• Publisher: Guilford Publications
• Length: 460 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

Play Therapy with Children in Crisis, Second Edition: Individual, Group, and Family Treatment

It was cheap and brand new!

good overview for beginners

boyd does a nice job of providing solid overviews of major crises that impact the lives of children, such as abuse, illness, divorce. however, the book doesn't provide in-depth coverage of any individual topic. for those just starting out, the book gives a good general idea of assessment, treatment planning, and some specific techniques for use with this population. however, for those with more advanced skills, the book falls short of providing information that will enhance practice. an excellent grad school textbook, or for those who lack experience with this population. the book does provide good tools for use in assessment, and does cover the assessment process in depth. the chapter on childhood bereavement is particularly good.

good overview for new professionals

good general overview of how to treat children whove experienced a crisis. the material on assessment is very helpful and detailed. each chapter is writen by an expert in a particular area of childhood crisis. since the book covers so many potential sources of trauma, there isn't really as much in-depth coverage of each topic as i would've liked to see. the book seems to be geared more to entry level professionals than to those experienced in dealing with childhood crisis and trauma.

Essential for Child Therapists

Nancy Boyd Webb's work is considered essential reading in the field of play therapy by most professors and professional therapists alike. This is a practical and accessible book giving in-depth information on children in crisis and how to therapeutically intervene on their behalf through play. The case studies are invaluable in bringing together the material in the first part of the book with application to clinical situations. Excellent work and highly utilizable for practitioners.