Child-Centered Play Therapy Research: The Evidence Base for Effective Practice

The first book of its kind to provide exhaustive, in-depth coverage of play therapy research

Child-Centered Play Therapy Research: The Evidence Base for Effective Practice offers mental health professionals, school district administrators, community agency administrators, judges, lawyers, child protection caseworkers, and medical professionals a comprehensive discussion of play therapy research studies. Guidance is provided on evidence-based methods, as well as on how?future play therapy research should be conducted.

Edited by renowned experts in the field of play therapy, this rich compilation features contributions by child-centered play therapy researchers, with relevant discussion of:

• The history of play therapy research

• A synopsis of current empirical support

• Play therapy research on chronically ill children, child witnesses of domestic violence, and victims of natural disasters, among many other topics

With coverage of important practice guidelines, Child-Centered Play Therapy Research identifies the most prominent and current play therapy research studies, as well as research directions for clinicians to design evidence-based research studies of their own.

Keywords: Dee Ray, Sue Bratton, child-centered play therapy research, Linda Reddy, Tara Files-Hall, Charles Schaefer, Empirically Based Play Interventions For Children, counseling children, play therapy, child psychotherapy, child therapy, treatment planning, OCD, art therapy