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This book presents integrative models of play therapy that incorporate expressive arts and evidence-informed interventions when working with preadolescents from a play-based context. It covers play therapy with preadolescents, integrating expressive arts like music, movement, play, sand, and poetry into treatment, along with familial involvement.
List of contents
Chapter 1: Play Therapy with Preadolescents: A Developmental Overview by David Crenshaw and Sarah Caprioli
Chapter 2: Cognitive Behavioral Play Therapy with Preadolescents: Using Academic Curricula Standards to Guide Treatment Interventions by Janine Shelby
Chapter 3: Attachment-Centered Play Therapy with Middle School Student by Clair Mellenthin
Chapter 4: Adlerian Play Therapy with Preadolescents by Kristin Meany Whalen
Chapter 5: Family Play Therapy with Preteens by Anne Stewart, Ariel Marrero, and Joseph Pellegrino
Chapter 6: Relational Transformation: Child Centered Play Therapy with Pre- and Early Adolescents by Dee Ray and Cody Lankford
Chapter 7: Nature-Based Play Therapy with Preadolescents by Sang Min Chin and Jacqueline Swank
Chapter 8: AutPlay® Therapy with Preadolescents Affected by Autism by Robert Jason Grant
Chapter 9: Directive Play Therapy Techniques with Preadolescents by Pam Dyson
Chapter 10: Sandplay Therapy with Preteens: Audrey Punnett
Chapter 11: Play Therapy in Middle Schools: A Cognitive-Behavioral Play Therapy (CBPT) Approach for Preadolescent Social Skills Development by Laura Fazio-Griffith
Chapter 12: Ethical Issues in Play Therapy with Preadolescents: Therapist Competence, Confidentiality, and Self-Care by Jodi Crane and Amie Myrick
About the author
Eric Green, PhD, LPC-S, RPT-S, SP, is a faculty associate at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Education in Baltimore, Maryland, as well as the executive director of Better Options Initiative, a nonprofit located in Lafayette, Louisiana, which focuses on protecting children from parental conflict. Jennifer Baggerly, PhD, LPC-S, RPT-S, is a professor of counseling and play therapy at the University of North Texas at Dallas. Baggerly also provides counseling and play therapy at Kaleidoscope Behavioral Health in Flower Mound, Texas. She served as chair of the board of directors for the Association for Play Therapy from 2013 to 2014 and was a member of the board from 2009 to 2015. Amie Myrick, MS, LCPC, is the director of education and training at Family & Children’s Services in Bel Air, Maryland, and a licensed professional counselor. She specializes in treating children, adolescents, and adults for anxiety as well as mood- and trauma-related disorders. She has been involved in trauma- and play-based research for the past fifteen years with more than twenty-five published peer-reviewed articles and book chapters.Jennifer N. Baggerly, PhD, LPC-S, RPT-S is a Professor of Counseling and play therapy at the University of North Texas at Dallas. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor Supervisor and a Registered Play Therapist Supervisor with over 25 years of play therapy experience. Dr. Baggerly also provides counseling and play therapy at Kaleidoscope Behavioral Health in Flower Mound Texas. She is an award-winning Counselor Educator and distinguished leader in the field of counseling and play therapy. Some of her notable awards across the decades include UNT Dallas Graduate School Outstanding Faculty Award (2022), Texas Counseling Association Outstanding Supervisor Award (2021), Viola Brody Outstanding Play Therapist Award (2005), and Post-Secondary Counselor of the Year for Hillsborough Counseling Association (2004). She served as Chair of the Board of Directors for the Association for Play Therapy from 2013-2014 and was a member of the board from 2009-2015. With over 75 publications, Dr. Baggerly is recognized as a prominent expert in children’s crisis intervention and play therapy. She has provided Disaster Response Play Therapy throughout the world including Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico, tsunami in Sri Lanka, Hurricane Katrina in Louisiana, hurricanes in Florida, and tornados in Texas and Oklahoma. She demonstrated her play therapy skills through several training videos such as Disaster Mental Health and Crisis Stabilization for Children and Trauma Informed Child Centered Play Therapy.
Summary
This book presents integrative models of play therapy that incorporate expressive arts and evidence-informed interventions when working with preadolescents from a play-based context. It covers play therapy with preadolescents, integrating expressive arts like music, movement, play, sand, and poetry into treatment, along with familial involvement.
