The Therapeutic Powers of Play: Comparing Theories and Practice

Editor : Athena A. Drewes, Editor : Edward Franc Hudspeth

The Therapeutic Powers of Play: Comparing Theories and Practice

Book Details

  • Publisher : Bloomsbury Academic
  • Published : 2026
  • Cover : Paperback
  • Pages : 456
  • Category :
    Child and Adolescent Studies
  • Catalogue No : 98451
  • ISBN 13 : 9798216277606
  • ISBN 10 : 8216277601

Table of Contents

List of Contributors (Biographic Information)
About the Editors
Dedication
In Memorium
Foreword by Judi Parson
Preface by Athena Drewes & Edward Franc Hudspeth

Part I: Understanding the Therapeutic Powers of Play
1. What Is a Therapeutic Power of Play – Athena Drewes
2. The Therapeutic Powers of Play: Overview – Julie Nash
3. Developing a Theoretical Orientation and Play Therapy Identity – Bridgette Mitchell Sanders
4. The Neuroscience of Theories, Play, and Therapeutic Powers of Play – Edward Franc Hudspeth and Karli Zaban
5. Bringing the Therapeutic Powers of Play into Focus: Using the Play Therapy Dimensions Model – Lori Yasenik and Ken Gardner
6. Cases: Conceptualization from a Theoretical and Therapeutic Powers of Play Lens – Mary Anne Peabody
7. Research and empirical support – Dennis Yung Wei Lin and Anqi Yu
8. Play Therapy Supervision in Flux: Navigating Supervisee Change and Growth through the Transtheoretical Model of Clinical Supervision – Staci Born

Part II: Comparing Theoretical Approaches through the Lens of the Therapeutic Powers of Play
1. Psychoanalytic Play Therapy: The Power of the Creative Force to Unlock the Unconscious– Dana Wyss and Athena Drewes
2. Child-Centered Play Therapy – Kristi Perryman
3. Gestalt Play Therapy: Embodied Play – Renee Turner
Attachment, Theraplay, and the Therapeutic Powers of Play – Gloria Cockerill Jungian Analytical Play Therapy– J.P. Lilly and Rachel McRoberts Using the Therapeutic Powers of Play in Adlerian Play Therapy – Terry Kottman and Sherri Cauthen Cognitive Behavioral Play Therapy– Lisa Remey 8. Solution-Focused Play Therapy: Using Therapeutic Powers of Play to Help Children Succeed - Elizabeth Kjellstrand Hartwick

Part III: Integrative Approaches and Applications
1. Prescriptive Play Therapy – Athena Drewes
2. AutPlay Therapy: Play Therapy Through a Neurodiversity Affirming Lens – Robert Jason Grant and Sarah Moran
3. FirstPlay – Janet Courtney
4. TraumaPlay -Paris Goodyear- Brown
5. The Therapeutic Powers of Play in Digital Play TherapyTM – Jessica Stone6. EMDR and Play Therapy Integration – Anne Beckley-Forest and Annie Monaco
7. Attachment Centered Play Therapy – Clair Mellenthin
Part IV: Closing Thoughts: Practical Use of the Text – Edward Franc Hudspeth

Index

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