Play Therapy and Childhood Sexual Abuse: A Clinical Guide to Practice
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- Publisher : Routledge
- Published : February 2026
- Cover : Paperback
- Pages : 280
- Category :
Child and Adolescent Studies - Catalogue No : 98470
- ISBN 13 : 9781032586397
- ISBN 10 : 1032586397
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Play Therapy and Childhood Sexual Abuse is a comprehensive guide for mental health clinicians and play therapists who work with the victims of childhood sexual abuse. Chapters cover seminal and historically significant models of play therapy, burgeoning practices, and much more.
Clinical case examples of each play therapy approach are included in the chapters. The contributing authors are established leaders in using play therapy with sexually abused children and adolescents. This is a vital guide for clinicians using play therapy to help young people heal.
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An invaluable resource.
Bruce D. Perry, MD, PhD, principal, The Neurosequential Network, Houston, Texas, USA
Based on her vast clinical experience with abused and traumatized children, Kenney-Noziska has assembled an impressive group of top experts in the field to write the definitive guide to understanding the clinical needs of sexually abused children and how the therapeutic powers of play facilitate their healing. An essential resource for all play therapists to expand their depth of knowledge and practice and improve the care of sexually abused children!
Sue C. Bratton, PhD, LPC-S, RPT-S, professor emerita and director emerita, Center for Play Therapy, University of North Texas, USA
This book reads like a who's who of renowned play therapists whose extensive wisdom is collectively shared. This is an exquisite, much-needed, and thorough volume that extensively covers all the critical aspects of childhood sexual abuse treatment. Readers are taken on a journey from treatment needs, theoretical and ethical frameworks, to crucial self-care of the therapist, with all other areas imaginable in-between. This is an important, must-have book for your clinical toolbox given the ever-growing epidemic of childhood sexual abuse.
Athena A. Drewes, PsyD, MA, MS Ed, founder and past president of the New York Association for Play Therapy and former director of the Association for Play Therapy
An excellent and much-needed volume. Victims of childhood sexual abuse experience both intense emotional and physical betrayal at the hands of those who sexually offend. Therapists can find themselves reacting by maintaining too much distance from the child and their pain for fear of reactivating the trauma of that betrayal. This text reminds therapists of the need to address these children's need for emotional closeness, physical safety and, most of all, to reestablish their ability to play and have fun.
Kevin O'Connor, PhD, ABPP, RPT-S, board certified in clinical child and adolescent psychology and director of the Academy for Development of Ecosystemic Play Therapy
Table of Contents
Part 1: An Overview of Childhood Sexual Abuse and Play Therapy
1. Childhood Sexual Abuse: Understanding a Worldwide Epidemic
Sueann Kenney-Noziska
2. Childhood Maltreatment, Trauma, and the Developing Brain: Algorithms for Effective Play Therapy
Richard L. Gaskill and Bridget Mitchell Sanders
3. Clinical Needs of Sexually Abused Children and Adolescents
Holly Willard
4. Therapeutic Presence in Play Therapy with Sexually Abused Children and Adolescents
David A. Crenshaw
5. The Therapeutic Powers of Play when Working with Sexually Abused Children
Sarah D. Stauffer and Michelle M. Pliske
Part 2: Applications of Seminal and Historically Significant Play Therapy Theories in Treating Childhood Sexual Abuse (in alphabetical order)
6. Adlerian Play Therapy: Facilitating the Crucial Cs in Sexually Abused Children
Terry Kottman and Erica Wassenaar
7. Child-Centered Play Therapy and Childhood Sexual Abuse: The Power of Relationship
Dee C. Ray, Amber-Lea Martinez, and Bonnie L. Stice
8. Cognitive Behavioral Play Therapy with Sexually Abused Children and Adolescents
Angela M. Cavett
9. Developmental Play Therapy with Sexually Abused Children
Kim Vander Dussen
10. Filial Play Therapy with Non-Offending Caregivers and Families of Children who Have Been Sexually Abused
Daire Gilmartin and Risë VanFleet
11. Gestalt Play Therapy with Sexually Abused Children and Adolescents
Felicia Carroll
12. Jungian Analytical Play Therapy with Sexually Abused Children
J.P. Lily
13. Using Theraplay to Treat Childhood Sexual Abuse
Elizabeth Konrath
Part 3: Applications of Burgeoning Models in Treating Childhood Sexual Abuse (in alphabetical order)
14. Digital Play Therapy™ with Sexually Abused Children and Adolescents
Jessica Stone
15. EMDR and Play Therapy: A Playful Integration for Treatment of Childhood Sexual Abuse
Ann Beckley-Forest and Annie J. Monaco
16. Nature-Based Play Therapy: Interventions for Working with Sexually Abused Children and Adolescents
Julie Blundon Nash
17. Posttraumatic Play with Sexually Abused Children: Clinical Invitations and Processing
Eliana Gil
18. Sandtray Integration in Play Therapy with Sexually Abused Children and Adolescents
Linda E. Homeyer and Marshall Lyles
19. TraumaPlay™: A Flexibly Sequential Approach for Healing Sexual Trauma
Paris Goodyear Brown
Part 4: Additional Considerations when Using Play Therapy with Sexually Abused Children and Adolescents
20. Incorporating A Multicultural Orientation in Play Therapy with Victims of Childhood Sexual Abuse
Kadesha Adelakun and Erica Tatum-Sheade
21. Ethical Considerations in Play Therapy with Sexually Abused Children and Adolescents
Jeff S. Ashby and H.M. Cowart
22. Secondary Traumatic Stress Stewardship: The Practice of Bearing Light
Janine Shelby
23. Working with Childhood Sexual Abuse: Considerations for Professional Development for Play Therapists
Anne L. Stewart
About the Editor(s)
Sueann Kenney-Noziska, MSW, LCSW, RPT-S, specializes in using play therapy in clinical practice with sexually abused children and adolescents. She is an esteemed clinician, author, presenter, and expert witness.
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