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Play Therapy: Basics and Beyond By Terry Kottman ( Amer Counseling Assn )
Release Date: 2001-06-01
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 play therapy : basics and beyond
I never received the book, the post office messed up and sent it back, I was sent a refund, which I did not request, rather than the book being resent which I did request. I was charged half the cost of the book for a re-stocking fee, so now if I re-order the book, I just lose money plus I do not have it for my class that starts on 6-23-08.
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 Noble Fahnbulleh
ETLS 858 - Technology Management Capstone
Book Review - Play Therapy: Basics and Beyond, by Terry Kottman (2001)
March 25, 2008
Introduction
Terry Kottman defines play therapy as an approach to counseling young children in which the counselor uses toys, art supplies, games, and other play media to communicate with them on their level using their "language". The association for Play Therapy defines it as, "the systematic use of theoretical model to establish an interpersonal process in which trained play therapist use the therapeutic powers of play to help clients prevent or resolve psychosocial difficulties and achieve optimal growth and development".
Salient Points - Basic concepts and history of play therapy
Kottman stated that according to Schaefer (1993), there are fourteen therapeutic powers of play and that each of them have specific beneficial outcomes for clients. The powers of play include, overcoming resistance, communication, competence, creative thinking, catharsis, abreaction, role-play, fantasy/visualization, metaphoric teaching, attachment formation, relationship enhancement, positive emotion, mastering developmental fears, and game play. According to the author, the earliest recording of play as an intervention during therapy was done by Sigmund Freud and his daughter Anna during the early part of twentieth century.
Skills of play therapy.
Kottman discussed in the texts skills in which a therapist has to master in order to be an effective helper. She provided a brief look at the different approaches to play therapy that counselors and therapist currently use and introduced logistical aspects of play therapy including the process of the session from beginning to end. Some skills discussed in the text include tracking, restating content, and reflecting feelings, setting limits, returning responsibility to the child, and dealing with questions.
Issues in play therapy
Some issues in play therapy include public awareness of this type of intervention, and the impact that managed health care may have on the profession (negative or positive).
Personal Reaction
Play therapy is an excellent intervention technique for counselors to use when working with young children between ages 3 and 14 years. Time constraints, counselors working more on paperwork and less individual and group counseling also contribute to a less conducive atmosphere for play therapy. I know a significant number of students that are part of the special education program at some of the schools in my neighborhood and think this technique greatly benefits them. I personally would recommend this book to anyone who might be dealing with the problem it addresses because, I think, the author did an excellent job with the writing and contents.
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