Essential play therapy techniques: time-tested approaches

"In essence, play therapy is the use of the therapeutic powers of play to promote healing and growth in clients through a professional relationship. The field of play therapy has benefited from a very wide range of creative play therapy techniques for children. Only a few, however, have stood the test of time and remained popular for an extended period of time. We consider the select group of time honored techniques in this book to have reached classic status since they have remained popular in their original form or in recent variations for at least three decades. In a number of cases, the techniques in this book have been popular for centuries and even millenniums"--

pt. I. Toy and object play techniques. Ball play ; Plush doll play ; Medical play ; Baby doll play ; Baby bottle play ; Toy telephone play ; Magic wand play ; Bubble play ; Block play ; Balloon play ; Bop bag play ; Sensory play -- pt. II. Metaphors and storytelling techniques. Concrete play metaphors ; Turtle technique ; Emotion thermometer ; Storytelling ; Externalization play ; Bibliotherapy -- pt. III. Role-play techniques. Role play ; Costume play ; Mask play ; Superhero play ; Puppet play -- pt. IV. Creative arts techniques. Color your life ; Clay play ; Free drawings ; Trauma drawings ; Mandala drawings ; Serial drawings ; Collage ; Painting ; Dance/movement play ; Draw a family ; Family sculpting ; Musical play -- pt. V. Imagery and fantasy techniques. Guided imagery ; The world technique ; Dollhouse play ; Adaptive doll play ; Rosebush fantasy technique ; Family relations technique ; Worry dolls ; Tea party play -- pt. VI. Game play techniques. Communication games ; Self-control games ; Strategy games ; Cooperative games ; Chance games ; Squiggle game --pt. VII. Other techniques. Desensitization play ; Laughter play ; Stress inoculation play ; Reenactment play ; Hide-and-…