Play Therapy
Play Therapy Books
Product Description
The author discusses the use of play therapy for children with behavioral, emotional or other psychological problems. The bulk of the text consists of highly readable annotated transcripts of therapeutic sessions that illustrate the principles. The transcripts are authentic, and the annotations include comments on errors the therapist makes, as well as positive points. No other book comes near this one for readability and clinical credibility.
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There are bounty of brilliant Play Therapy books out there, this is not one of them. Maybe it’s just me, but a play therapy book should be way more user friendly. I need quick access, color and… ART!
Rating: 2 / 5
I use this as a tertiary additional classic text for a course I teach called Counseling the Distressed Child. The material is honestly basic, is excellent for historical purposes with respect to play therapy, and is written by the very experienced author and play therapist, Virginia Axline.
Rating: 3 / 5
This book is groundbreaker for play therapy the way Frued is the groundbreaker for psychology. It gives the basics of play therapy, several case studies and lists of helpful supplies. But, when you read this book you can tell how ancient it is by both the language used and situations presented. For example, Axline describes a young male paient who played with a doll but said he wasn’t the “sissy type.” There is another excerpt in which an orphan patient painted his arms brown, extended his arms to Axline and questioned “Take a small nigger home?” I was absolutely APPALLED by some of this sexist and racist language, but I suppose this was the norm in the time period. There are also allusions to the children playing war games relating it to WW2. Despite the changes in time there are still many children’s games such as sand play, puppets, dolls, etc that have not changed, so some stuff is still applicable. This is a fantastic book and must read for those hoping to use play therapy, but it will place you wanting some more modern guidance as well.
Rating: 4 / 5
It was excellent to read this book. When I was doing play therapy as a counselor I used this book in my work. It doesn’t tell the whole tale of how to do play therapy, but it is a excellent addition.
Rating: 4 / 5
Every person int in play therapy should read this book as it’s a classic, but for tech the 101 play therapy book is better. to see playtherapy ina ction I’d recomend Dibs in search of self.
Rating: 4 / 5