Game Play: Therapeutic Use of Childhood Games - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0471362565 ISBN 13: 9780471362562

Publisher: Wiley, 2001

Synopsis

The long-awaited revision of the only book on game play available for mental health professionals

Not only is play a pleasurable, naturally occurring behavior found in humans, it is also a driving force in our development. As opposed to the unstructured play often utilized in psychotherapy, game playing invokes more goal-directed behavior, carries the benefits of interpersonal interaction, and can perform a significant role in the adaptation to one's environment.

This landmark, updated edition of Game Play explores the advantages of using games in clinical- and school-based therapeutic interventions with children and adolescents. This unique book shows how playing games can promote socialization, encourage the development of identity and self-esteem, and help individuals master anxiety-while setting the stage for deeper therapeutic intervention in subsequent sessions.

Game Play
Therapeutic Use of Childhood Games
Second Edition

Features:
* New chapters on games in family therapy and games for specific disorders
* Techniques and strategies for using game play to enhance communication, guidance, and relationships with clients
* The different types of therapeutic games, elaborating on their various clinical applications

About this title

From the Publisher:

Presents a new approach to child therapy that focuses on the considerable psychological significance of games and their use as a unique and largely untapped resource in diagnosis and therapy with children. Shows how to use specific types of games such as communication games, problem-solving games, ego-enhancing games, and socialization games in particular therapeutic situations. Author and subject indexes.

About the Author:

CHARLES E. SCHAEFER, PhD, is Professor of Psychology at Fairleigh Dickinson University.

STEVEN E. REID, PhD, is in private practice in Long Island, NY, and New York City.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0471362565
• ISBN 13: 9780471362562
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 406
• Editor: Schaefer Charles E, Reid Steven E