Clinical Social Work Game Therapy

Author: Elizabeth M. Timberlake
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: Play therapy is a highly effective intervention method in clinical social work with children. This book provides a detailed introduction to the basic theories, processes, and techniques of play therapy. Using classic and contemporary materials, it adopts a developmental psychodynamic perspective to establish a clinical social work model of developmental play therapy combined with parallel parent work. This model reflects the biological-psycho-social development, developmental disorders, and psychological disorders of children, as well as how play, within the context of the therapeutic alliance, is utilized to leverage developmental processes to inspire change and growth. This book can serve as a textbook or teaching reference for social work majors, a guide for practitioners, and is also suitable for parents to read.