| About the Editors | |
| Contributors | |
| Foreword | |
| Preface | |
| Therapist Attitudes About Play | |
| Acknowledgments | |
| 1 | Feeling Faces Prevent Scary Places | 3 |
| 2 | Deflating Fear | 9 |
| 3 | A Child's Impossible and Scariest Tasks | 18 |
| 4 | Soaring Above Stress: Using Relaxation and Visualization with Anxious Children | 25 |
| 5 | Getting to Know the Characters Inside Me: Children Coping with Thoughts and Feelings | 40 |
| 6 | Play Genograms | 49 |
| 7 | Strengthening Parent-Child Attachment with Play: Filial Play Therapy | 57 |
| 8 | Using Play to Help Parents Share Difficult Information with Young Children | 64 |
| 9 | Explaining to Parents the Use of Play in Family Therapy | 71 |
| 10 | Family Sandplay: Strengthening the Parent-Child Bond | 79 |
| 11 | Spin Me a Yarn: Breaking the Ice and Warming the Heart | 83 |
| 12 | Co-Art: A Joining Activity for Therapists and Younger Clients | 92 |
| 13 | Using LIFE to Explore Children's Worlds | 96 |
| 14 | Learning and School-Related Problems in Childhood | 103 |
| 15 | Superman versus the Monster: Assisting a Young Child with Nightmares | 112 |
| 16 | "Mommy Is a Restless Sleeper" | 116 |
| 17 | Secret Signals Soothe Separation Stress | 125 |
| 18 | A Brief Assessment of Social Competency Skills in Preschool and Early Elementary School Children | 132 |
| 19 | Children's Understanding of Death | 143 |
| 20 | Tips for Parents When There Is Illness in the Family | 150 |
| 21 | Scrapbooking During Traumatic and Transitional Events | 157 |
| 22 | Animal-Assisted Therapy for Sexually Abused Children | 163 |
| 23 | Using Adolescents As Consultants in Therapy | 171 |
| 24 | Creating a Participating Role for Adolescents in Group and Family Therapy | 180 |
| 25 | Silent Scream: Opening Adolescent Communication | 185 |
| 26 | The Places You'll Go: Developing Hope and Self-Efficacy | 192 |
| 27 | Therapeutic Letters to Young Persons | 199 |
| 28 | Parental Involvement in an Adolescent's Career Decision Process | 204 |
| 29 | Improving Behavior and Identities of Youths: Exploring and Creating Culturally Relevant Masks | 211 |
| 30 | Judge and Jury: A Creative Approach to Discussing Sex with Teens | 218 |
| 31 | The Use of Consultants in Play Therapy: Narrative Practices with Young Children | 225 |
| 32 | Integrating Externalization and Scaling Questions: Using Visual Scaling to Amplify Children's Voices | 230 |
| 33 | Becoming the Author of Your Life: Writing Stories of Change | 237 |
| 34 | Jumanji | 242 |
| 35 | A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words: Getting to Know a Child's World Through Photographs | 247 |
| 36 | Champion Pack | 252 |
| 37 | The Family Play Planner: Playing Together, Staying Together | 261 |
| 38 | Kidsculpt: Children's Role in Marital and Family Therapy | 270 |
| 39 | Special Time Activities | 279 |
| 40 | Anger Collage | 291 |
| 41 | Director's Chair | 296 |
| 42 | Using Children's Books in Family Therapy | 302 |
| 43 | The Parent's Guide to Good Divorce Behavior | 323 |
| 44 | Ten Commandments for Stepfamilies | 330 |
| 45 | Helping Parents Understand and Use Natural and Logical Consequences | 336 |
| 46 | Helping Parents Use the Time-Out Procedure | 342 |
| Index | 349 |