Play Therapy Treatment Planning and Interventions: The Ecosystemic Model and Workbook contains key information on one of the most rapidly developing and growing areas of therapy. The book is designed to help play therapists develop specific treatment goals and developed focused treatment plans, as now required by many regulating agencies and third party payers.The text includes descriptions of 25 actual play therapy activities. Any preparation the therapist may need to complete before the session is identified as is the outcome the therapist may expect. Each activity description ends with a suggestion as to how the therapist might follow up on the content and experience in future sessions. The activity descriptions are very practical and are geared to the child client's specific developmental level.Play Therapy Treatment Planning and Interventions presents guidelines for interviewing clients and their parents as well as pretreatment assessment. The book provides guidance on data gathering for the intake process and case conceptualization. Case examples and completed sections of the workbook is provided in text format and on disk. It provides the therapist with an easy-to-use format for recording critical case information, specific treatment goals, and the overall treatment plan.Key Features* Provides actual play therapy activities and identifies any necessary preparation, how to play, and what outcome the therapist might expect of these activities* Play activities are divided into the appropriate sections for different developmental levels of children* Workbook on disk provides an easy-to-read, easy-to-complete, comprehensive format for identifying the child's case history and the therapist's treatment goals and plan* For easy comprehension of the text, case examples are provided throughout the book along with completed sections of the workbook, quotes, and lists

O'Connor, Kevin John, PhD, RPT-S (California School of Professional Psychology, Fresno); Ammen, Sue, PhD, RPT-S (California School of Professional Psychology, Fresno)

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