Theraplay

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Helping Parents and Children Build Better Relationships Through Attachment-Based Play

By Phyllis B. Booth and Ann M. Jernberg

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Theraplay is a pioneering approach grounded in attachment theory that guides parents in fostering secure and healthy relationships with their children. This third edition offers practical techniques that use playful engagement, empathic responsiveness, and clear guidance to promote children’s competence, self-regulation, self-esteem, and trust. Designed to support families navigating modern life's challenges, Theraplay shows how therapeutic play can nurture joyful and loving connections.
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Ideal for parents, caregivers, and professionals in health and wellness fields seeking effective, relationship-based tools to improve child development and family dynamics.

The Theraplay Institute is an international organization, with certified professionals and trainers throughout the world. They hold an international conference every other year and run trainings and seminars throughout the U.S. and recently in England, Ireland, Canada, and Australia.

Description

Theraplay—a pioneering application of attachment theory to clinical work—helps parents learn and practice how to provide the playful engagement, empathic responsiveness, and clear guidance that lead to secure attachment and lifelong mental health in their children.

This third edition of the groundbreaking book Theraplay shows how to use play to engage children in interactions that lead to competence, self-regulation, self-esteem, and trust. Theraplay's relationship-based approach is uniquely designed to help families facing today's busy and often chaotic lifestyle challenges form joyful, loving relationships.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780470281666

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 12 January 2010

Country: United States

Imprint: Jossey-Bass Inc.,U.S.

Edition: 3rd edition

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 33.0mm

Width: 155.0mm

Height: 226.0mm

Weight: 680g

Pages: 640

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Ann M. Jernberg Education & Reference Health & Wellness Non-Fiction Phyllis B. Booth

About the Author

Phyllis B. Booth is clinical director of The Theraplay Institute in Chicago. Sheprovides training and supervision for Theraplay therapists throughout the world. Ann M. Jernberg was the founder and director of The Theraplay Institute until her death in 1993. She provided the inspiration for the Theraplay approach and was theauthor of the first edition of this book. The Theraplay Institute is an international not-for-profit organization dedicated to building strong families and emotionally healthy children and adults through training, treatment, advocacy, and research. The Institute also holds an international conference every other year, sponsors a research network, publishes a biannual newsletter, and can be contacted at www.theraplay.org.