Linking parents to play therapy : a practical guide with applications, interventions, and case studies

• Main Authors: McGuire, Deborah Killough (Author), McGuire, Donald E. (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: New York : Routledge, c2001
• Subjects: terapie hrou; dětská psychoterapie; hra; rodinná psychoterapie; rodiče a děti; play therapy; child psychotherapy; play; family psychotherapy; parents and children; příručky; případové studie; handbooks, manuals, etc; case studies
• ISBN: 1560328592
• Physical Description: xviii, 237 s. ; 23 cm

Involving parents in a child's play therapy results in therapy that is more productive for the child and more fulfilling and effective for the parents and therapist. Yet, encouraging parental involvement can be riddled with practical and theoretical concerns for beginning therapists and seasone...

Table of Contents:

• Initial contact with parents
• Developmental issues
• Legal and ethical issues of therapy
• Medical issues in therapy
• Parent profiles
• Working with angry, resistant parents
• Parent and therapist meetings
• General homework assignments for parents
• Special issues
• Incorporating brief therapy and managed care