Play Therapy : The Groundbreaking Book That Has Become a Vital Tool in the Growth and Development of Children

The groundbreaking book that has become a vital tool in the growth and development of children "The most brilliant and intuitive, as well as the clearest written, work in this field. It is unpretentious yet clearly the most authoritative work that has been published."NORMAN CAMERON, Ph.D.Professor of PsychiatryYale University School of MedicineHere is an intensely practical book that gives specific illustrations of how therapy can be implemented in play contacts, and tells how the toys of the playroom can be vivid performers and aids in growth. As she did with DIBS IN SEARCH OF SELF, Dr. Axline has taken true case histories from the rich mine of verbatim case material of children referred for play therapy, choosing children ranging in age, problem, and personality. It's all here in an important and rewarding book for parents, teachers, and anyone who comes in contact with children. "The most brilliant and intuitive, as well as the clearest written, work in this field. It is unpretentious yet clearly the most authoritative work that has been published." NORMAN CAMERON, Ph.D. Professor of Psychiatry Yale University School of Medicine Here is an intensely practical book that gives specific illustrations of how therapy can be implemented in play contacts, and tells how the toys of the playroom can be vivid performers and aids in growth. As she did with DIBS IN SEARCH OF SELF, Dr. Axline has taken true case histories from the rich mine of verbatim case material of children referred for play therapy, choosing children ranging in age, problem, and personality. It's all here in an important and rewarding book for parents, teachers, and anyone who comes in contact with children. Play therapy gives a child a vital opportunity to "play out" his feelings and problems - his fears, hatred, loneliness, and feelings of failure and inadequacy. [This] book gives specific illustrations of how therapy can be implemented in play contacts, and tells how the toys of the playroom can be vivid performers and aids in growth. The case histories in this book are true.... These children range in age from four years to twelve, and their problems cover the wide spectrum of maladjusted youngsters - the hostile child, the withdrawn child, the dependent child, and the handicapped child. -Back cover Covers non-directive play-therapy situation and participants, principles of non-directive play therapy, implications for education and annotated therapy records THE DISTRAUGHT TEACHER hurried down to the principal's office a few agitated steps ahead of Tom, who followed with sullen resentment.