101 Favorite Play Therapy Techniques

Heidi Gerard Kaduson, PhD, RPT-S, specializes in evaluation and intervention services for children with a variety of behavioral, emotional, and learning problems. She is past president of the Association for Play Therapy and co-director of the Play Therapy Training Institute. Kaduson has co-edited many books and maintains a private practice in Monroe Township, New Jersey. Charles E. Schaefer, PhD, RPT-S, is professor emeritus of psychology, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Hackensack, New Jersey. Schaefer is cofounder and director emeritus of the Association for Play Therapy and a fellow of the American Psychological Association. Among Schaefer's sixty-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 for children and their families in Hackensack, New Jersey.

Whether their purpose is diagnosis or increasing the socialization of groups of children with virtually any problem, play therapists—irrespective of orientation—will find useful methods in this most comprehensive collection of creative techniques. All are presented in a clear, concise way and classified into sections so therapists can easily select and apply them.

• Part 1 Section One: Fantasy TechniquesChapter 2 The Playing Baby GameChapter 3 Using Guided Imagery to Augment the Play Therapy ProcessChapter 4 The RosebushChapter 5 Pretending to Know HowPart 6 Section Two: Storytelling TechniquesChapter 7 The Feeling Word GameChapter 8 The Card Story GameChapter 9 Storytelling with FeltsChapter 10 The Box of Buttons TechniqueChapter 11 Computer StorytellingChapter 12 Using Metaphors, Fairy Tales, and Storytelling in Psychotherapy with ChildrenChapter 13 Art or Verbal Metaphors for Children Experiencing LossChapter 14 The Guess My Word Story GameChapter 15 The Scarf StoryChapter 16 Storytelling with ObjectsPart 17 Section Three: Expressive Arts TechniquesChapter 18 The Before and After Drawing TechniqueChapter 19 Feeling BalloonsChapter 20 Magic ArtChapter 21 The Yarn Drawing GameChapter 22 ClayscapesChapter 23 Bad DreamsChapter 24 The Personality PieChapter 25 Life MapsChapter 26 Play ArtChapter 27 Gloop: Treating Sensory DeprivationChapter 28 The Clay Squiggle TechniqueChapter 29 Expressive Arts PlaydoughChapter 30 Inner-ReferenceChapter 31 ReworkingChapter 32 A Line Down the Middle of the PageChapter 33 Create-a-CommunityChapter 34 Outline Drawings of Boys and GirlsChapter 35 The Picture Drawing GameChapter 36 The Color-Emotive BrainChapter 37 Scribble ArtChapter 38 The Feelings TreeChapter 39 Design-a-DadChapter 40 Synthetic Clay in Play TherapyPart 41 Section Four: Game Play TechniquesChapter 42 Checkers: Rules or No RulesChapter 43 Pounding Away Bad FeelingsChapter 44 The Pick-Up Sticks GameChapter 45 The Stealing GameChapter 46 Consequences: Reaching the Oppositional Defiant AdolescentChapter 47 Hide-and-Seek in Play TherapyChapter 48 The Spy and the SneakChapter 49 Pool Play: Helping Children Get Out from Behind the Eight BallChapter 50 Tumbling Feelings: Easing Children into the Counseling RelationshipChapter 51 Make Your Own Board GameChapter 52 Chess Playing as a Metaphor for Life ChoicesPart 53 Section Five: Puppet Play TechniquesChapter 54 Battaro and the Puppet HouseChapter 55 The Dowel Finger Puppet TechniqueChapter 56 Create-a-PuppetChapter 57 Using a Puppet to Create a Symbolic ClientChapter 58 PuppetryChapter 59 On One Hand . . . and Then on the OtherPart 60 Section Six: Play Toys and Objects TechniquesChapter 61 BodySoxChapter 62 The Me DollChapter 63 Tearing PaperChapter 64 The Mad GameChapter 65 Sculpt-ItChapter 66 The Magic Carpet TechniqueChapter 67 The SnakeChapter 68 The Baby Bottle TechniqueChapter 69 The T-Shirt TechniqueChapter 70 The Photo Album TechniqueChapter 71 The Angry TowerChapter 72 Balloons of AngerChapter 73 The Worry Can TechniqueChapter 74 The Cardboard CityChapter 75 Fortune Tellers JudithChapter 76 Jenga and a CameraChapter 77 The Anger ShieldChapter 78 Using Self-Made Books to Prepare Children for Predictable Trauma or CrisisChapter 79 The Angry Feeling Scale GameChapter 80 Stomping Feet and Bubble PoppingChapter 81 Knocking Down the Walls of AngerChapter 82 FiguresPart 83 Selection Seven: Group Play TechniquesChapter 84 ElastaBlastChapter 85 Group Building ActivityChapter 86 The Captains of Avatar: A Space Adventure for Children in TransitionChapter 87 Mr. UglyChapter 88 Therapeutic Puppet GroupChapter 89 Group Puppet ShowChapter 90 Mutual Storytelling through Puppet Play in Group Play TherapyPart 91 Section Eight: Other TechniquesChapter 92 Using Drawings of Early Recollections to Facilitate Life Style Analysis for Children in Play TherapyChapter 93 Self Figures for SandChapter 94 The Worry ListChapter 95 My Baby BookChapter 96 The Song Flute or RecorderChapter 97 The Starting Over Wedding Gown CeremonyChapter 98 Play Therapy and PetsChapter 99 The Twelve-to-One TechniqueChapter 100 The Therapist on the InsideChapter 101 Play-by-PlayChapter 102 The Time Line Tape TechniqueChapter 103 Terminations Utilizing MetaphorChapter 104 The Feelings CenterChapter 105 The Disposable Camera TechniqueChapter 106 Use of Animals in a Play Therapy SettingChapter 107 The Popcorn WalkChapter 108 Co-Play Therapy