Play Therapy Today

Play Therapy Today brings together the work of renowned practitioners and academics currently working and researching in play therapy, presenting a range of groundbreaking methods for practising with groups, individuals, and parents and carers.

Eileen Prendiville is a Course Director at the Children's Therapy Centre in Co Westmeath, Ireland. Eileen has worked with children for over thirty-five years and now specialises in the field of play therapy training. She was a founder member of the Children at Risk in Ireland Foundation and was their National Clinical Director until 2004. She is the current Chairperson of the Irish Association of Humanistic and Integrative Psychotherapy. Justine Howard is an Associate Professor and Postgraduate Programme Manager at the Centre for Children and Young People's Health and Wellbeing at Swansea University, UK. She is a Chartered Psychologist and specialist in Developmental and Therapeutic Play.

Foreword Dr Athena Drewes Introduction Justine Howard Section 1: Using Play Therapeutically with Individual Clients 1. The Therapeutic Touchstone Eileen Prendiville 2. The Consciousness Dimension in Play Therapy: Sharpening the Play Therapist's Focus and Skills Lorri Yasenik and Ken Gardner 3. Using Play Therapeutically with Children in a Hospital Setting Lisa Morgan and Justine Howard 4. Therapeutic Play as an Intervention for Children Exposed to Domestic Violence Trish Gettins Section 2: Using Play Therapeutically with Groups 5. Applying an Embodiment-Projection-Role Framework in Groupwork with Children Sue Jennings 6. The Use of Puppets in Therapeutic and Educational Settings Siobhán Prendiville 7. Working Therapeutically with Groups in the Outdoors: A Natural Space for Healing Maggie Fearn 8. Group Play Therapy for Children with Multiple Disabilities Eimir Mcgrath Section 3: Using Play Therapeutically with Parents and Carers 9. The Parent Learn To Play Program: Building Relationships Through Play Karen Stagnitti 10. Group Theraplay® Evangeline Munns 11. How Neuroscience Can Inform Play Therapy Practice with Parents and Carers Theresa Fraser