The Handbook of Group Play Therapy: How to Do It, How It Works, Whom It's Best For

by Daniel S. Sweeney

Here is a comprehensive guide to of the the most effective and dynamic childhood intervention available to counselors, therapists, teachers, psychologists, and anyone who works with kids. This hands-on resource applies play therapy theory to a wide variety of group settings and gives therapists insight into treating special populations including sibling groups, children who have been abused, and children who have experienced the loss of a loved one. Enter a child's world of communication with twenty-five of the country's leading play therapy experts as they guide you through a myriad of group play therapy approaches, issues, and techniques. The Handbook of Group Play Therapy gives therapists the tools they need to help children as they experience the exhilaration, fear, joy, and frustration in discovering the world around them as they learn about themselves and others.
"The authors have pinpointed a dynamic and developing area of therapeutic play. . . . a very valuable resource in working with children."-Robert C. Berg, professor and assistant chair, Department of Counseling, Development, and Higher Education, University of North Texas

432 pages, Paperback

First published June 29, 1999

Reviews

[Emily · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this book to get some ideas about how I could help my children work through some sibling rivalry difficulties through play. It offers a lot of suggestions of how to get play going in a group setting. Very helpful and comprehensive.

[Littlemissallee · Rating 4 out of 5]

If you can handle the length of this book (around 387 pages!!), then it provides a great overall prospetive towards the development and implement of play therapy groups.