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Child-Centered Play Therapy: A Practical Guide to Developing Therapeutic Relationships with Children

ISBN: 978-0-470-44223-4
Hardcover
464 pages
July 2010
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Foreword - Louise Guerney

Chapter 1 – Introduction: The Child-Centered Approach, Student and Practitioner Approaches to Learning, and Our Approach to Teaching

Chapter 2 – CCPT in Context: Key Concepts from Child Development and Principles of Human Change

Chapter 3 - The Ideal Therapist Qualities: Deep Empathy, Unconditional Positive Regard, and Genuineness

Chapter 4 - The Eight Principles in Child-Centered Play Therapy

Chapter 5 – Preparing Your Setting for Providing Child-Centered Play Therapy

Chapter 6 - The Two Core Therapist Skills: Tracking and Empathic Responding

Chapter 7 – Creating an Optimum Environment for Therapy through Structuring and Limit Setting

Chapter 8 – Responding to Questions, Requests for Help, and Commands

Chapter 9 – Role-Play: The Therapeutic Value of Taking Part in Dramatic or Pretend Play during Child-Centered Play Therapy Sessions

Chapter 10 - Recognizing Stages: Understanding the Therapy Process and Evaluating Children’s Internal Progress

Chapter 11: Helping Parents, Teachers, and Principals Understand and Support the Child’s Work in Play Therapy

Chapter 12 - Goals, Treatment Planning, Reporting and Evaluating Progress

Chapter 13 - Filial Therapy: Involving Parents and Caregivers in Child-Centered Play Sessions with Their Children

Chapter 14 – Helping Children Capitalize on Gains Made in CCPT

Chapter 15 – Reaching Diverse Clients with the Child-Centered Approach

Chapter 16 - Legal and Ethical Issues from a Child-Centered Perspective

Chapter 17 - Your Ongoing Development

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