Meersand, Pamela,  1956- <br/><br/>
Play therapy :  a psychodynamic primer for the treatment of young children / 
Pamela Meersand, Karen J. Gilmore. 
 - Arlington, Virginia :  American Psychiatric Association Publishing,  (c)2018. 
 - 1 online resource 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>Why play therapy? Introduction to the psychodynamic treatment of young children --  Play, playfulness, and the sequence of play forms in development --  Pretend play --  Play in the digital age --  Basic psychodynamic concepts and their use in play therapy --  Therapeutic action and the multiple functions of play therapy --  Play and developmental psychopathology, deprivation, or disability --  The logistics --  Getting started, creating an alliance and facilitating play --  Working with parents over the course of treatment --  Deepening play therapy via verbalizing inner states, expanding narratives and working --  With transference and defense --  Ending play therapy and the process of termination --  Play therapy, variations in development and serious psychopathology. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781615370436 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2017029477 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Play therapy.<br/>Child psychotherapy.<br/>Children.<br/>Child development.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>RJ505  / .P539 2018