A manual of dynamic play therapy : helping things fall apart, the paradox of play /: helping things fall apart, the paradox of play. (2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Dennis McCarthy ; foreword by David Crenshaw.
• Other Names: McCarthy, Dennis, 1951-
• Contents: Invoking the spirit of play -- Paradox, the essence of play therapy -- The roles of the therapist - -- Witnessing, containing, provoking, envisioning -- Synchrony and mirroring -- Imaginative play -- The meaning and necessity of symbol -- Symbols as vehicles of emotion -- Sand as vehicle for symbols -- Aggressive play -- The function and necessity of aggression -- Aggression and connection to selfonsters -- Aggression and connection to others -- Play materials that facilitate healthy aggression -- Helping things fall apart -- The mythological perspective -- The natural world as evidence.
• Publisher Details: London : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Publication Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource (176 pages)
• Subjects: 618.92/891653; Child & Developmental Psychology; Play therapy; Child development; Psychotherapy
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780857006448; 0857006444
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.