Therapeutic Games And Guided Imagery: Tools for Mental Health And School Professionals Working With Children, Adolescents, And Their Families - Softcover

Monit Cheung

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0925065943 ISBN 13: 9780925065940

Publisher: Lyceum Books, 2006

Synopsis

This book is a collection of games, activities, and guided imagery exercises for use with clients in therapy or other professional-client interactions. The book begins with a description of the theoretical framework for the book and for the use of therapeutic games and exercises. The exercises and games are tools that professional social workers and others can use to help clients relax, understand and express their feelings, and improve interpersonal relationships. The activities are well-organized, and a cross-referencing index makes finding the right tool easy.

About this title

About the Author:

Monit Cheung (MA, MSW, PhD, LCSW) is professor and chair of the Children and Families Concentration, Graduate College of Social Work, University of Houston. Professor Cheung is a licensed clinical social worker specializing in family counseling, child and adolescent counseling, and incest survivor treatment. Professor Cheung has taught at the graduate level for more than eighteen years; she has always emphasized her experiential and practice-oriented approach to teaching. Author of several books, she is also chair of the Advocacy Committee at the Catholic Charities in Houston and board member for the End Child Sexual Abuse Foundation in Hong Kong.

Review:

"Therapeutic Games and Guided Imagery illustrates both the need for and application of creative arts therapies with children and adolescents."
--Christine Charyton, PyscCRITIQUES

About this edition

• Publisher: Lyceum Books
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0925065943
• ISBN 13: 9780925065940
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 278