| Preface | |
| Contributors | |
| 1 | The Family Collage | 3 |
| 2 | Drawing It Out | 7 |
| 3 | Problem-solving Techniques: Hand-ling the Decision-making Process | 14 |
| 4 | Problem-solving Techniques: The Storyboard | 19 |
| 5 | The Pain Sculpture | 26 |
| 6 | In Memory of or A Torch of Love: A Hand-Processing Technique | 29 |
| 7 | The Family Art Project | 34 |
| 8 | Sand Painting | 38 |
| 9 | Sensory/Kinetic Hand Family Drawing | 42 |
| 10 | All Tangled Up | 46 |
| 11 | Scavenger Hunt of Relaxation Tools (SHORT) | 49 |
| 12 | Invisible Feelings | 53 |
| 13 | The Use of Metaphor for Careful Preparation in the Play Therapy Process: Unloading a Garbage Bin of Feelings | 56 |
| 14 | The Cargo Train | 61 |
| 15 | Water and Oil - Do They Mix? | 66 |
| 16 | Group Drawing | 69 |
| 17 | The Solution Drawing | 72 |
| 18 | Saying Good-bye: Breaking the Links in a Chain | 77 |
| 19 | My Storybook | 80 |
| 20 | The Feelings Chart | 84 |
| 21 | Teddy Bear Feelings | 88 |
| 22 | Make a Family "Drawing" | 93 |
| 23 | My Brain | 96 |
| 24 | Tune It In, Tune It Out | 102 |
| 25 | Working with Play Images of Fearful Children | 106 |
| 26 | Stories in the Sand | 111 |
| 27 | High-Tech Therapeutic Storybook | 115 |
| 28 | Anger Wall | 118 |
| 29 | The Jungle (or City) Adventure | 122 |
| 30 | Combining Art and Sandtray Therapies with Sexually Abused Children | 125 |
| 31 | The Feeling Wall Activity | 129 |
| 32 | Shapes and Directions | 133 |
| 33 | Feeling Sculptures | 136 |
| 34 | It's My Party | 140 |
| 35 | The London Game: A Theraplay Technique | 143 |
| 36 | Drawing in Three Dimensions: Transcending Time | 145 |
| 37 | Family Interaction Diagram | 149 |
| 38 | The Book of Feelings | 152 |
| 39 | Silent Puppet | 159 |
| 40 | Using a Puppet Show and Photography Together: A Healing Technique | 162 |
| 41 | Parent as Guest Actor or Actress | 166 |
| 42 | Problem-solving Play Therapy | 171 |
| 43 | The Talking Stick Totem: A Family Play Therapy Technique for Teaching Listening, Witnessing, and Speaking Your Truth | 177 |
| 44 | The Stretching Story | 181 |
| 45 | Working with a Child's Dream | 184 |
| 46 | Sharing Beauty to Enliven the Spirit | 187 |
| 47 | Where Am I? The Effects of Immigration on Children | 191 |
| 48 | The Door to a Special Place | 195 |
| 49 | The Dramatic Retelling of Stories in Play Therapy | 199 |
| 50 | Mutual Storytelling, Adlerian Style | 203 |
| 51 | "I'm Sick of ... " Eggs | 211 |
| 52 | Jenga Tower Challenge | 214 |
| 53 | Feelings Charades | 217 |
| 54 | "The Guessing Game" | 220 |
| 55 | The Toilet Paper Game | 224 |
| 56 | The Picnic in Space Game | 227 |
| 57 | The Mood Board | 233 |
| 58 | The Pot of Gold at the End of the Rainbow | 237 |
| 59 | My Special Space | 242 |
| 60 | Bubbles, Feathers, and Breathing | 247 |
| 61 | Let Me See Your Strong Muscles: An Engaging, Interactive Play Technique | 251 |
| 62 | Interaction Balls | 257 |
| 63 | Play Cabinet | 263 |
| 64 | Rubber Darts | 267 |
| 65 | Sand-and-Water Play or Sensopathic Play | 270 |
| 66 | Heartlines and Lifelines: Narrative Reconstruction to Aid Dollhouse Play | 277 |
| 67 | Shaving Cream | 282 |
| 68 | Talking Cards | 286 |
| 69 | The Fluster-ometer | 290 |
| 70 | Let's Play Ball | 294 |
| 71 | Creating a New Story with the Sandtray | 298 |
| 72 | The Magic Wand | 303 |
| 73 | Emotional Tone Games | 306 |
| 74 | Bubbles and Boundaries | 309 |
| 75 | The Message Balloon | 314 |
| 76 | The Number Facts Game | 319 |
| 77 | The Pickle in the Middle Technique | 322 |
| 78 | Topics | 326 |
| 79 | Playing Possum | 329 |
| 80 | Make Your Own Feeling Game | 333 |
| 81 | Angry Kleenex Game | 336 |
| 82 | The Time Travel Game | 339 |
| 83 | The Feelings Card Game | 343 |
| 84 | The Gestalt Imagery Game for Grief | 346 |
| 85 | The Crown Game: On Being Kings and Queens | 349 |
| 86 | The Feedback Game | 352 |
| 87 | The Rock-Feather Game | 356 |
| 88 | Cottonball Fight and Cottonball Soothe Game | 359 |
| 89 | Target Practice | 363 |
| 90 | Meeting Mr. Tricky | 367 |
| 91 | The Black-Eye Peas Group Game | 370 |
| 92 | Worry Stones | 373 |
| 93 | Fishing for Feelings | 379 |
| 94 | Creating an Ambiance for Play Therapy with African American Children | 385 |
| 95 | Matching the Moment: Therapeutic Responding in the Play Room | 391 |
| 96 | My Body's Nobody's Body but Mine | 396 |
| 97 | The Stealth Inquiry | 399 |
| 98 | The Use of Filial Techniques in the Elementary School with Latency Age Children | 403 |
| 99 | Native American (Indian) Names: A Play Therapy Technique | 407 |
| 100 | The Creative Clean-up Technique | 413 |
| 101 | Future Glasses, Talking to the Future: Visualization of Desired Behavior | 417 |
| Index | 421 |