Preface ix About the Editor xi Contributors xiii Part I Fundamentals of Play Therapy Practice 1 Chapter 1: Play Therapy: Basic Concepts and Practices 3 Julie Blundon Nash and Charles E. Schaefer Chapter 2: The Therapeutic Powers of Play and Play Therapy 15 Charles E. Schaefer and Athena A. Drewes Chapter 3: Playing It Safe: Ethical Issues in Play Therapy 27 Cynthia A. Reynolds and Laura J. Tejada Part II Major Theoretical Approaches 39 Psychodynamic Models 41 Chapter 4: Psychoanalytic Approaches to Play Therapy 43 Alan J. Levy Chapter 5: Jungian Analytical Play Therapy 61 Eric J. Green Chapter 6: Adlerian Play Therapy 87 Terry Kottman Chapter 7: Release Play Therapy 105 Heidi Gerard Kaduson Humanistic Models 127 Chapter 8: Child-Centered Play Therapy 129 Daniel S.

Sweeney and Garry L. Landreth Chapter 9: Filial Therapy: Strengthening Family Relationships with the Power of Play 153 Risë VanFleet Chapter 10: Gestalt Play Therapy 171 Violet Oaklander Chapter 11: Experiential Play Therapy 187 Carol C. Norton and Byron E. Norton Systemic Models 205 Chapter 12: Family Play Therapy: Igniting Creative Energy, Valuing Metaphors, and Making Changes from the Inside Out 207 Eliana Gil Chapter 13: Group Play Therapy 227 Daniel S. Sweeney Chapter 14: Ecosystemic Play Therapy 253 Kevin O'Connor Emerging Models 273 Chapter 15: Theraplay: Attachment-Enhancing Play Therapy 275 Evangeline Munns Chapter 16: Solution-Focused Play Therapy: Helping Children and Families Find Solutions 297 Donald R. Nims Chapter 17: Cognitive-Behavioral Play Therapy 313 Susan M. Knell Chapter 18: Narrative Play Therapy 329 Aideen Taylor de Faoite Chapter 19: Integrative Play Therapy 349 Athena A. Drewes Chapter 20: Prescriptive Play Therapy 365 Charles E.

Schaefer Author Index 379 Subject Index 391.