Play in Family Therapy, First Edition

Gil, Eliana; Jay-Green, Robert - Foreword

ISBN 10: 0898627575 / ISBN 13: 9780898627572

Verlag: The Guilford Press, New York, 1994

Beschreibung

226 Pages Indexed. A used book in great shape. Interior text pagesl are flawless. By drawing on her extensive training and experience as both a child therapist and a family therapist, Dr. Gil shows us how to use all family members' capacities for expressive play simultaneously. Never before have we been treated to such a variety of family play techniques that are presented in such vivid clinical detail. Her methods are captivating to read about and described with sufficient depth so that the reader can visualize their application in everyday clinical situations. Many family therapists have not received basic training in clinical work with your children such as child development, psychopathology, or child therapy and therefore do not know how to relate to children as individuals. Most impressive is the author's creativity in adapting traditional methods of child therapy such as puppet interviews and mutual story-telling technique to conjoint family sessions. This is a book for every therapist, supervisor, and graduate student who works with children and their parents.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 15698

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Play in Family Therapy, First Edition
• Verlag: The Guilford Press, New York
• Erscheinungsjahr: 1994
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0898627575
• ISBN-13: 9780898627572
• Einband: Trade Paperback
• Illustrator: Vicario, Janet - Coveer Design
• Auflage: Second Printing
• Zustand: Very Good

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Inhaltsangabe

"At a national conference, I presented a workshop entitled "Do Children Hate Family Therapy?" The attendance was good. Too good. Clearly, the title struck a chord, because children often seem to dislike family therapy. And who could fault them for it? The fact is that many family therapists either exclude young children or do not know how to involve them actively in family sessions....

"This is where Dr. Gil's new book succeeds so wonderfully. By drawing on her extensive training and experience as both a child therapist and a family therapist, she shows us how to useall family members' capacities for expressive play simultaneously. Never before have we been treated to such a variety of family play techniques that are presented in such vivid clinical detail....Her methods are captivating to read about and described with sufficient depth so that the reader can visualize their application in everyday clinical situations." --From the Foreword by Robert-Jay Green, Ph.D.

In Play in Family Therapy, Dr. Eliana Gil provides a hands-on guide to a wealth of play therapy techniques for working with children ages 3 to 12, and shows how to adapt these techniques to conjoint family therapy. Illustrating the inexhaustible potential that play techniques hold for enhancing relatedness, communication, and understanding among families, this essential new volume represents a major step toward merging child and family therapy.

Chapters in Part One cover the history of play therapy and the integration of play into family therapy. In Part Two, clinical vignettes illustrate in user-friendly detail the application of such techniques as puppet interviews, art therapy, and story-telling. Dr. Gil covers the presenting problems and family configurations clinicians are likely to encounter when working with children. Throughout, the text describes the problems that may arise--such as family members' reluctance to use play--and shows how to overcome them by setting a positive tone and conveying the expectation that families will find play enjoyable and rewarding.

Providing clinicians with useful play techniques with which to expand their repertoire of family interventions, this work will be invaluable to all therapists and students who work with children and their families.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Eliana Gil, PhD, is senior partner in a private group practice in Fairfax, Virginia, the Gil Institute for Trauma Recovery and Education, which provides therapy, consulting, and training services. She is also Director of Starbright Training Institute for Child and Family Play Therapy in northern Virginia. Dr. Gil has worked in the field of child abuse prevention and treatment for nearly 40 years. A licensed marriage, family, and child counselor; approved marriage and family therapy supervisor; registered play therapist; and registered play therapy supervisor, Dr. Gil has served on the Board of Directors of the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children and the National Resource Center on Child Sexual Abuse, and is a former President of the Association for Play Therapy. She is the author of The Healing Power of Play: Working with Abused Children;Play in Family Therapy; Treating Abused Adolescents; Helping Abused and Traumatized Children: Integrating Directive and Nondirective Approaches, and other acclaimed books and video programs on child abuse and related topics. Originally from Guayaquil, Ecuador, Dr. Gil is bilingual and bicultural.