Play Therapy with Children in Crisis, Third Edition: Individual, Group, and Family Treatment by Nancy Boyd Webb (Editor), Lenore C. Terr (Foreword by)

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Synopsis

This practical casebook and widely adopted text presents effective, creative approaches to helping children who have experienced such stressful situations as parental death or divorce, abuse and neglect, violence in the school or community, and natural disasters. While the book retains the focus on in-depth case studies that made prior editions so popular, 17 of the 21 chapters are entirely new, and all chapters reflect the latest knowledge on crisis intervention, trauma, and short-term play therapy. Timely new topics include the crisis of parental military deployment, the impact of Hurricane Katrina on families, immigration-related trauma, terrorism, and disrupted adoption.

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Reviewer:Michael S. Goldsby, PhD (Zeno Corporation)
Description:This book offers effective play therapy approaches for children struggling with a range of crises in the family, school, and community. Through the use of case studies and expert contributors, the author explores issues involved in working with children who have experienced some of life's most stressful events including parental divorce, neglect, and violence.
Purpose:The purpose is to present a variety of play therapy methods to help practitioners more effectively treat children and their families dealing with anxiety resulting from crisis and trauma. It also presents a number of completely new variations on therapeutic interventions.
Audience:This book is clearly written for mental health practitioners across a broad spectrum of disciplines that are committed to helping children who have suffered stressful and traumatic life events, as well as for students taking graduate courses in social work and play therapy.
Features:In this third edition, the author uses the vast knowledge and clinical experience of seasoned experts in the field in order to inform readers about the particular issues inherent in this patient population. Pertinent case assessments and the use of various schools of therapeutic thought allow readers to better understand the practical application of the therapeutic techniques introduced throughout the book. Each chapter offers numerous follow-up study questions that challenge readers' understanding of the concepts.
Assessment:This is an extraordinary addition to the clinical literature. The scope, breadth, and depth of thebook speak volumes about the clinical expertise of the author, who is an undisputed expert in the field of play therapy. In this groundbreaking third edition, she delivers a well organized, comprehensive book that offers traditional as well as up-to-date knowledge on play therapy methods. This much-needed resource is a timely addition to the professional literature.

Biography

Nancy Boyd Webb, DSW, BCD, RPT-S, a leading authority on play therapy with children who have experienced loss and traumatic bereavement, is a board-certified diplomate in clinical social work and a registered play therapy supervisor. Dr. Webb is University Distinguished Professor of Social Work at the Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service, where she holds the James R. Dumpson Chair in Child Welfare Studies, and is the founder of Fordham's Post-Master's Certificate Program in Child and Adolescent Therapy. In addition to teaching and writing, she maintains a clinical practice and supervises and consults with schools and agencies. Dr. Webb lectures and conducts workshops throughout the United States and internationally on play therapy, trauma, and bereavement. She is the recipient of numerous honors, including the Clinical Practice Award of the Association for Death Education and Counseling and the designation of Distinguished Scholar by the National Academies of Practice in Social Work.