Play Therapy with Preteens

Eric Green, PhD, LPC-S, RPT-S, SP, is a faculty associate at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Education in Baltimore, Maryland, as well as the executive director of Better Options Initiative, a nonprofit located in Lafayette, Louisiana, which focuses on protecting children from parental conflict. Jennifer Baggerly, PhD, LPC-S, RPT-S, is a professor of counseling and play therapy at the University of North Texas at Dallas. Baggerly also provides counseling and play therapy at Kaleidoscope Behavioral Health in Flower Mound, Texas. She served as chair of the board of directors for the Association for Play Therapy from 2013 to 2014 and was a member of the board from 2009 to 2015. Amie Myrick, MS, LCPC, is the director of education and training at Family & Children’s Services in Bel Air, Maryland, and a licensed professional counselor. She specializes in treating children, adolescents, and adults for anxiety as well as mood- and trauma-related disorders. She has been involved in trauma- and play-based research for the past fifteen years with more than twenty-five published peer-reviewed articles and book chapters.

Play Therapy with Preteens is a very well-written, informative, and comprehensive guide to developmentally appropriate play interventions for preadolescents. Highly recommended!

• Chapter 1: Play Therapy with Preadolescents: A Developmental Overview by David Crenshaw and Sarah CaprioliChapter 2: Cognitive Behavioral Play Therapy with Preadolescents: Using Academic Curricula Standards to Guide Treatment Interventions by Janine Shelby Chapter 3: Attachment-Centered Play Therapy with Middle School Student by Clair MellenthinChapter 4: Adlerian Play Therapy with Preadolescents by Kristin Meany WhalenChapter 5: Family Play Therapy with Preteens by Anne Stewart, Ariel Marrero, and Joseph PellegrinoChapter 6: Relational Transformation: Child Centered Play Therapy with Pre- and Early Adolescents by Dee Ray and Cody LankfordChapter 7: Nature-Based Play Therapy with Preadolescents by Sang Min Chin and Jacqueline SwankChapter 8: AutPlay® Therapy with Preadolescents Affected by Autism by Robert Jason GrantChapter 9: Directive Play Therapy Techniques with Preadolescents by Pam DysonChapter 10: Sandplay Therapy with Preteens: Audrey PunnettChapter 11: Play Therapy in Middle Schools: A Cognitive-Behavioral Play Therapy (CBPT) Approach for Preadolescent Social Skills Development by Laura Fazio-GriffithChapter 12: Ethical Issues in Play Therapy with Preadolescents: Therapist Competence, Confidentiality, and Self-Care by Jodi Crane and Amie Myrick