Play and Art in Child Psychotherapy ─ An Expressive Arts Therapy Approach

Levine, an expert in the field, offers insight into play and art therapy for children. The beginning of the book explains art and play therapy in general, and traces the author's career path. There is also a chapter discussing working with parents and children and the structure of a therapy session. The bulk of the text is devoted to the discussion of five case studies, each revealing a different facet of therapy and outcome. Each case study ends with a discussion of events with the therapist, and includes artwork by the children in question. Annotation c2015 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)

Ellen G. Levine is Co-Founder and Faculty member of ISIS-Canada, a Senior Staff Social Worker at the Hincks-Dellcrest Centre for Children's Mental Health, and a core faculty member of the European Graduate School, Switzerland. She has been working with children and parents in a clinical setting with the arts and play for over 30 years and is co-author of Art in Action: Expressive Arts Therapy and Social Change and Principles and Practice of Expressive Arts Therapy: Toward a Therapeutic Aesthetics, both published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. She lives in Toronto, Canada.