How it Feels to be You: Objects, Play and Child Psychotherapy
Book Details
- Publisher : Karnac Books
- Published : May 2021
- Cover : Paperback
- Pages : 180
- Category :
Child and Adolescent Studies - Catalogue No : 95541
- ISBN 13 : 9781913494285
- ISBN 10 : 9781913494
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Intellectual Disability, Trauma and Psychotherapy
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Through the stories of individual children, this book illuminates the process of creative, play-based child psychotherapy. Each chapter focuses on a specific issue that brings a child or a young person to the therapy room and explores the use and meaning of particular objects and ‘object games’. These insightful and dynamic stories offer readers a profound understanding of the healing power of play in the context of child psychotherapy.
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Cottis’s illustrations and explanations of how a Child Therapist works flow seamlessly from events and processes in the session with the child and then, quite naturally, the drama of the session takes over – so the reader is never bored, always pulled along by the narrative, yet ever more informed. This is a beautiful book, describing beautiful work.
Anne Alvarez, Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist, author of The Thinking Heart
This is a wonderful and engaging book. Tamsin is the therapist you'd want every child to have. I learnt so very much.
Dr. Susie Orbach, Psychoanalyst and author
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
About the Author
Introduction
1. Samina: A game of Jenga
Beginnings
2. Jake: Toy soldiers in the desert
Children who are hard to reach
3. Zara: A life-size soft toy cheetah and a cake made of clay
Supporting children whose parents separate
4. Theo: Players and playgrounds
Reluctant talkers
5. Hakan: An inflatable globe and the 50 Clip-together Felt Pens
Children who can’t keep still
6. Cristina: A bowl of green paint soup
Supporting children who are bereaved
7. Polly: Wet sand and emoji cushions
Therapy for children with learning disabilities
8. Jordan and Francesca: A full diary and a giant bean bag
Moving on from therapy, moving on from childhood
References
Appendix
Index
About the Author(s)
Tamsin Cottis is a child psychotherapist and co-founder of Respond, the UK’s leading agency for psychotherapy and counselling for people with learning disabilities. She works in primary schools and in private practice, supporting children and young people with diverse needs.
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