Family Play Therapy (Child Therapy Series)
The good news ofFamily Play Therapyis that dysfunctional family patterns can be altered and children can be extricated from 'problem' roles by the wise melding of various family therapy and play therapy techniques. Mental health professionals will be enlightened, intrigued, and, hopefully, stimulated by this timely and sage text edited by Charles Schaefer and Lois Carey. This large collection of chapters by practitioners from many fields offers creative therapeutic styles that will educate and empower therapists to be more innovative in their work with children and families whatever their training and experience. (Emily Marlin, M.S.W.)This book provides the missing, crucial link to unite child and family therapy. It gives family therapists practical information about using play therapy techniques, and offers play therapists a rationale and guidelines for including families in a child's therapy sessions. This is a much-needed text that promises to make a major impact on the practice of both child and family therapy. (Nancy Boyd Webb, D.S.W.)