Speaking About the Unspeakable: Non-Verbal Methods and Experiences in Therapy With Children

The 10 chapters assembled in this volume detail the use of non-verbal therapeutic techniques such as clay, sand, dance, movement, and nature therapy when working with children in therapeutic settings. Social workers, psychotherapists, arts therapists, and psychologists incorporate case studies in their descriptions of techniques. The book is aimed at child psychologists and therapists. McCarthy is a psychotherapist working with children and adults and specializing in sandplay and dream work. Annotation c2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Dennis McCarthy is a licensed mental health counselor in New York State and is the director of Metamorfos Institute. He is a psychotherapist working with both children and adults and specializing in sandplay and dream work. Initially trained as a dancer, he weaves the body's innate urge to move into all of his work. Dennis McCarthy is the author of "If You Turned into a Monster": Transformation through Play: A Body-Centred Approach to Play Therapy, also published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers.