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Healing Child and Family Trauma through Expressive and Play Therapies

Art, Nature, Storytelling, Body & Mindfulness
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Healing Child and Family Trauma through Expressive and Play Therapies by Janet A. Courtney offers an insightful exploration into using expressive and play therapy to address trauma in children and families. The book delves into various therapeutic techniques and highlights their effectiveness in fostering healing. It provides guidance for therapists on how to creatively engage children and promote emotional recovery through non-verbal, expressive means.
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You might enjoy this book if you're interested in exploring innovative therapeutic methods geared towards healing trauma in children and families through expressive and play therapies. Its insights and techniques could be particularly appealing to psychologists, therapists, or those in the helping professions seeking to expand their understanding and application of creative, evidence-based practices.

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Healing assessments and interventions from disparate areas of knowledge such as art, nature and storytelling.

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There are many ways to help children and families heal from trauma. Leaning on our ancestral wisdom of healing through play, art, nature, storytelling, body, touch, imagination, and mindfulness practice, Janet A. Courtney helps the clinician bring a variety of practices into the therapy room.

Healing Child and Family Trauma through Expressive and Play Therapies identifies seven stages of therapy that provide a framework for working with clients' emotional, cognitive, somatic, and sensory experiences to heal from trauma. Through composite case illustrations, practitioners will learn how to safely mitigate a range of trauma content, including complicated grief, natural disasters, children in foster care, aggression, toxic divorce, traumatised infants diagnosed with neonatal abstinence syndrome, and young mothers recovering from opioid addiction.

Practice exercises interspersed throughout guide practitioners to personally engage in the creative expressive and play therapy techniques presented in each chapter, augmenting professional self-awareness and skill-building competencies.

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Healing Child and Family Trauma through Expressive and Play Therapies is highly praised for its comprehensive overview of expressive arts and play therapies within a humanistic framework. Reviewers commend the book for its practical clinical applications, numerous activities, and case examples, making it an essential resource for both new and seasoned therapists working with traumatised children and their families. The book is noted for its rich integration of theory, techniques, and research findings, offering valuable insights for enhancing therapeutic skills.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780393713756

Publisher: WW Norton & Co

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 28 April 2020

Country: United States

Imprint: WW Norton & Co

Illustration: 20 illustrations

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 23.0mm

Width: 160.0mm

Height: 244.0mm

Weight: 568g

Pages: 256

About the Author

Janet A. Courtney, PhD, is founder of FirstPlay Therapy®, a Registered Play Therapy Supervisor, and a TEDx Speaker. She is immediate past chair of the Association for Play Therapy Ethics and Practice committee, and former president of the Florida Association for Play Therapy. Since 1997, she has been an Adjunct Professor at Barry University, Miami, Florida. She currently oversees the Play Therapy curriculum in the School of Social Work at Barry University. She is an author and internationally recognized speaker and has been invited to present on trauma informed topics of infant, child, and family expressive play therapies across the U.S. and globally. Dr. Courtney was also named the 2021 Viola Brody Award winner from the Florida Association for Play Therapy.

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