Group Filial Therapy: The Complete Guide to Teaching Parents to Play Therapeutically With Their Children
Louise Guerney, Ph.D. is Professor Emirata of Human Development and Counseling Psychology at Penn State University, and Director of Play and Filial Family Training at the National Institute of Relationship Enhancement (NIRE). She is recognized internationally as one of the most prominent and innovative practitioners of child-centred play therapy. A licensed Clinical Psychologist, Reglistered Play Therapist-Supervisor and a founding Board Member of the Association for Play Therapy, she is known, together with her husband, Dr. Bernard Guerney, Jr. as the creator of Filial Family Therapy. She lives in North Bethesda, Maryland, USA. Virginia Ryan, Ph.D. is a Chartered Child and Adolescent Psychologist with the British Psychological Society (BPS) and a qualified Play Therapist and Play Therapy Supervisor with the British Association of Play Therapists (BAPT). She is also a Certified Filial Therapist, Supervisor and Instructor with the Family Enhancement and Play Therapy Center in Philadelphia, USA. She is the former director of the University of York's Master's program in Non-directive Play Therapy and a former Senior Lecturer. She lives in Hull, UK.