Play Therapy Techniques

Written for child clinicians, students as well as practitioners, this text includes classic and recent strategies in a wide variety of play techniques, including art, puppet, sand, dramatic, water, doll, costume, and game play. Seven new chapters have been added to the second edition describing beginning and ending issues in play therapy, the use of metaphors, music and ball play, and the Color-Your-Life Technique. Schaefer teaches psychology at Fairleigh Dickinson U., Hackensack, New Jersey, and maintains a private psychotherapy practice; Cangelosi is a psychologist and play therapist. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Charles E. Schaefer, Ph.D., is professor of psychology at Fairleigh Dickinson University, Hackensack, New Jersey. Dr. Schaefer is the co-founder and director emeritus of the Association for Play Therapy, a national organization that includes international membership. He is a fellow of the American Psychological Association. Among Dr. Schaefer's forty-five books are the outstanding Handbook of Play Therapy and The Therapeutic Use of Child's Play, both of which have become classics in the field. He maintains a private psychotherapy practice with children and their families in Hackensack, New Jersey.

Donna M. Cangelosi, Psy. D., is a licensed psychologist and registered play therapist supervisor who maintains a private practice with children, adolescents, and adults in Upper Montclair, New Jersey, where she provides psychotherapy, clinical supervision, and parent education. She is co-editor of Play Therapy Techniques, Vol. 1, and The Playing Cure, and author of Saying Goodbye in Child Psychotherapy, as well as several chapters dealing with psychodynamic play therapy. Dr. Cangelosi is a member of the American Psychological Association and the Association for Play Therapy.