Author: Kevin J. O'Connor

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Published: 1991-05-08

Total Pages: 396

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"While most mental health professionals possess a general knowledge of psychotherapy, not all are aware of the applications and special considerations that pertain to child patients. Unlike treatment for adults, a therapist treating a young patient must balance between cognitive and verbal work and the use of corrective emotional experiences- a balance that properly suits the developmental level of the child. Simply put, a therapist must do more and talk less with a young child, while the reverse generally applies with an older patient. Many books in the field describe either theories and/or techniques of child psychotherapy in general, or play therapy in particular. This book differs in two ways. First, it describes play therapy using cognitive developmental theory as an organizing framework and incorporates elements of a variety of other theories, techniques, and models of child psychotherapy. The result is a coherent theoretical model that fosters the therapist's ability to identify and interpret the multiple systems of which the child is a part. This model can be readily adapted for use in a wide variety of settings with children from infancy through adolescence who exhibit any of a host of psychopathologies."-- Book Jacket