Playing for Real: A Child Therapist Explores the World of Play Therapy

by Richard Bromfield

Book Overview

In this illuminating book about the fascinating realm of child therapy, Harvard Medical School psychologist Richard Bromfield shares the stories of children and teens struggling with a variety of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0525934618
• ISBN13: 9780525934615
• Release Date: June 1992
• Publisher: Dutton Books
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Insightful

I am an undergraduate student majoring in Social Work. I found this book at a local Goodwill store and have not put it down since I began reading it. I knew I wanted to work with children, but this book opened my eyes to the wonderful world of play therapy. Richard Bromfield allows you to join him as he works with the children in his care. I ended up here researching for other books that may have been written by Bromfield.

An excellent overview of the three stages of treatment.

Dr. Bromfield provides an honest portrayal of his insights and errors in working with children through a play therapy modality. The cases are explained in some detail and all are thoroughly compelling. The book is divided into beginning, in therapy and ending sections. The cases themselves are not intended to be exhaustive of either the treatment, or the range of diagnostic difficulties experienced by children. The only possible negative may be that it would have been nice to have some of Dr. Bromfield's present analysis of what was occurring, or alternative steps he may have taken if engaging any of the children with his additional experience and knowledge.