Preface. Contributors. 1. Introduction: The Healing Potential of Adults at Play (Dottie Ward-Wimmer). PART I DRAMATIC ROLE PLAY. 2. Drama Therapy with Adults (Robert J. Landy).

3. Psychodrama (Adam Blatner). 4. Improvisational Play in Couples Therapy (Daniel J. Wiener and David Cantor). 5. Developmental Transformations in Group Therapy with the Elderly (David Read Johnson, Ann Smith, and Miller James). PART II THERAPEUTIC HUMOR.

6. Integrating Humor into Psychotherapy (Steven M. Sultanof f). 7. Humor as a Moderator of Life Stress in Adults (Herbert M. Lefcourt). 8. Therapeutic Humor with the Depressed and Suicidal Elderly (Joseph Richman).

PART III SANDPLAY/DOLL PLAY. 9. Using Sandplay in Therapy with Adults (Rie Rogers Mitchell and Harriet S. Friedman). 10. Somatic Consciousness in Adult Sandplay Therapy (Kate Amatruda). 11. Play Therapy for Individuals with Dementia (Kathleen S.

Mayers). 12. Using Therapeutic Dolls with Psychogeriatric Patients (Mally Ehrenfeld). PART IV PLAY GROUPS/HYPNO-PLAY/CLIENT-CENTERED PLAY. 13. Adult Group Play Therapy (Christine Caldwell). 14. Using Games with Adults in a Play Therapy Group Setting (Jennifer Kendall).

15. Hypno-Play Therapy (Marian Kaplun Shapiro). 16. Play Therapy for Dissociative Identity Disorder in Adults (Laura W. Hutchison). Epilogue. Author Index. Subject Index.