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APT offers this comprehensive list of play therapy specific books. Each entry displays a book title, citation (author, year, publisher), ISBN number and link to purchase on Amazon. To offer book recommendations or request assistance, contact APT. 101 Favorite Play Therapy Techniques
Edited by Heidi G. Kaduson, Charles E. Schaefer (1997: Northvale, NJ: Jason Aronson, Inc. an imprint of Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, Inc.)
101 Favorite Play Therapy Techniques, Volume Three
Edited by Heidi G. Kaduson, Charles E. Schaefer (2003: Northvale, NJ: Jason Aronson, Inc. an imprint of Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, Inc.)
101 More Favorite Play Therapy Techniques
Edited by Heidi G. Kaduson, Charles E. Schaefer (2001: Northvale, NJ: Jason Aronson, Inc. an imprint of Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, Inc.)
A Casebook of Filial Therapy
Edited by Rise VanFleet, Louise Guerney (2003: Boiling Springs, PA: The Family Enhancement & Play Therapy Center)
A Child's First Book About Play Therapy
Marc A. Nemiroff, Jane Annunziata (1990: Washington, DC: American Psychological Association)
A Handbook of Play Therapy with Aggressive Children David A. Crenshaw , John B. Mordock (2005: Northvale, NJ: Jason Aronson, Inc. an Imprint of Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.)
A Manual of Dynamic Play Therapy: Helping Things Fall Apart, the Paradox of Play Dennis McCarthy (2012: Philadelphia, PA: Jessica Kingsley Publishers)
A Parent's Handbook of Filial Therapy: Building Strong Families with Play Rise VanFleet (2000: Boiling Springs, PA: The Family Enhancement & Play Therapy Center)
A Play Therapy Primer: Therapeutic Approaches to Children with Emotional Problems Vita Krall (1989: Plenumb Pub Corp)
A Practical Handbook for Building the Play Therapy Relationship
Maria A. Giordano, Garry L. Landreth, Leslie D. Jones (2005: Lanham, MD: Jason Aronson an Imprint of Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.)
ADAPT: A Developmental Attachment-based, Play Therapy Jennifer Lefebre (2017: New Hartford, CT: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform) Advanced Play Therapy: Essential Conditions, Knowledge, and Skills for Child Practice Dee C. Ray (2011: New York, NY: Taylor and Francis Group, LLC)
Amy Elizabeth Goes to Play Therapy: A Book to Assist Psychotherapists in Helping Young Children Understand and Benefit from Play Therapy Kathleen A. Chara, Paul J. Chara, Jr. (2004: Philadelphia, PA: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, Inc.)
Animal Assisted Play Therapy
Rise VanFleet (2017: Sarasota, FL: Professional Resource Press) Applications of Family and Group Theraplay Edited by Evangeline Munns (2009: Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.)
Assessment and Treatment Activities for Children, Adolescents, and Families Volume One: Practitioners Share Their Most Effective Techniques Edited by Liana Lowenstein (2008: Toronto, Canada: Champion Press)ISBN: 978-0-9685199-4-3 Amazon
Assessment and Treatment Activities for Children, Adolescents, and Families Volume Two: Practitioners Share Their Most Effective Techniques
Edited by Liana Lowenstein (2010: Toronto, Canada: Champion Press) Assessment and Treatment Activities for Children, Adolescents and Families Volume 3: Practitioners Share Their Most Effective Techniques Edited by Liana Lowenstein (2011: Toronto, Canada: Champion Press)
Blending Play Therapy with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: Evidence-Based and Other Effective Treatments and Techniques
Edited by Athena A. Drewes (2009: Somerset, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.)
Case Studies in Non-Directive Play Therapy Virginia Ryan, Kate Wilson (2000: Philadelphia, PA: Jessica Kingsley Publishers)ISBN: 978-1-85302-912-7 Amazon
Child-Centered Play Therapy Rise VanFleet (1997: Boiling Springs, PA: The Family Enhancement & Play Therapy Center) ISBN: 1-930557-09-04
Child-Centered Play Therapy
Child-Centered Play Therapy Research: The Evidence Base for Effective Practice Edited by Jennifer N. Baggerly, Dee C. Ray, Sue C. Bratton. (2010: Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.) ISBN: 978-0-470-42201-4 Amazon
Child-Centered Play Therapy, Second Edition Janet West (1996: Arnold) ISBN: 978-0340652534 Amazon
Child-Centered Play Therapy: A Practical Guide to Developing Therapeutic Relationships with Children Nancy H. Cochran, William J. Nordling, Jeff L. Cochran. (2010: Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.) ISBN: 978-0-470-44223-4 Amazon
Child-Centered Play Therapy Workbook: A Self-Directed Guide for Professionals Jodi Ann Mullen and June Rickli (2014: Champaign, IL: Research Press Publishers) ISBN: 978-087822-682-5 Amazon
Child Parent Relationship Therapy (CPRT) Treatment Manual: A 10-Sessoin Filial Therapy Model for Training Parents Sue C. Bratton, Garry L. Landreth, Theresa Kellam, Sandra R. Blackard. (2006: New York, NY: Routledge Publishers of Taylor & Francis Publishing.) ISBN: 978-0-4159-5212-5 Amazon Child Parent Relationship Therapy (CPRT): A 10-Session Filial Therapy Model Garry L. Landreth, Sue C. Bratton (2006: New York, NY: Routledge Publishers of Taylor & Francis Publishing) ISBN: 978-0-415-95110-4 Amazon
Child's Play and Play Therapy Thomas D. Yawkey, Anthony D. Pellegrini (1984: Technomic Pub Co.) \ ISBN: 978-0877623397 Amazon Children in Play Therapy Clark E. Moustakas (1977: Ballantine Books) ISBN: 978-045257499
Children's Stories in Play Therapy
Contemporary Play Therapy: Theory, Research, and Practice Edited by Charles E. Schaefer, Heidi G. Kaduson (2006: New York, NY: Guilford Press) ISBN: 978-0-471-13959-1 Amazon Cory Helps Kids Cope with Divorce: Playful Therapeutic Activities for Young Children Liana Lowenstein (2013: Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Champion Press) ISBN: 13:9780968519981 Amazon Counseling Children and Adolescents through Grief and Loss Jody J. Fiorini, Jodi A. Mullen (2006: Champaign, IL: Research Press) ISBN: 978-0878225538 Amazon
Counseling Families: Play-Based Treatment Eric J. Green, Jennifer N. Baggerly, Amie C. Myrick (2015: Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers) ISBN: 978-1442244153 Amazon Creative CBT Interventions for Children with Anxiety Liana Lowenstein (2016: Toronto, Canada: Champion Press) ISBN: 978-0-9951725-0-0 Amazon Creative Family Therapy Techniques: Play, Art, & Expressive Activities Liana Lowenstein (2010: Toronto, Canada: Champion Press) ISBN: 978-0-9685199-6-7 Amazon Creative Interventions for Bereaved Children Liana Lowenstein (2006: Toronto, Canada: Champion Press) ISBN: 978-096-851-9920 Amazon Creative Interventions for Children of Divorce Liana Lowenstein (2006: Toronto, Canada: Champion Press) ISBN: 978-096-851-9936 Amazon Creative Interventions for Troubled Children & Youth Liana Lowenstein (1999: Toronto, Canada: Champion Press) ISBN: 978-096-851-9905 Amazon Creative Interventions with Traumatized Children Edited by Cathy A. Malchiodi (2008: New York, NY: Guilford Press) ISBN: 978-1-59385-615-1 Amazon Cultural Issues in Play Therapy Edited by Eliana Gil, Athena A. Drewes (2005: New York, NY: Guilford Press) ISBN: 978-1-59385-380-8 Amazon
Developmental Play Therapy in Clinical Social Work Terry Kottman, Kristin K. Meany-Walen (2018: New York, NY: Guilford Press) Draw Me a Picture: The Meaning of Children's Drawings and Pay from the Perspective of Analytical Psychology
Emotion-Regulating Play Therapy with ADHD Children: Staying with Playing Enrico Gnaulati (2008: Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.) ISBN: 978-0-7657-0523-5 Amazon Empirically Based Play Interventions for Children Linda A. Reddy, Tara M. Files-Hall, & Charles E. Schaefer (2005: Washington, DC: American Psychological Association) ISBN: 978-159-147-2155 Amazon Entering the Child's World: A Play Therapy Approach J.P. Schoeman (1996: Kagiso Publishers) ISBN: 978-0798635585 Amazon Essential Play Therapy Techniques: Time Tested Approaches Charles E. Schaefer, Donna Cangelosi (2016: The Guilford Press) ISBN: 978-1-4625-2449-5 Amazon Evocative Strategies in Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy David A. Crenshaw (2007: Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, Inc.) ISBN: 978-0-7657-0580-8 Amazon
Family Play Therapy Charles E. Schaefer, Lois J. Carey (1994: Northvale, NJ: Jason Aronson, Inc. an imprint of Rowman and Littlefield Publishers) ISBN: 978-1-5682-1150-3 Amazon Filial Therapy: Strengthening Parent-Child Relationships through Play, Second Edition Rise VanFleet (2005: Sarasota, FL: Professional Resource Press) ISBN: 1-56887-090-6 Amazon Foundations of Play Therapy Edited by Charles E. Schaefer (2003: Somerset, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.) ISBN: 978-0-471-26472-9 Amazon Foundations of Play Therapy: Second Edition Edited by Charles E. Schaefer (2011: Somerset, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.) ISBN: 978-0-470-52752-8 Amazon Fun to Grow On: Engaging Play Activities for Kids with Teachers, Parents and Grandparents Virginia K. Morin (1999: Chicago, IL: Magnolia Street Publishers) ISBN: 978-1890374013 Amazon
Game Play: Therapeutic use of Childhood Games Edited by Charles E. Schaefer & Steven E. Reid (1986: Somerset, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.) ISBN: 978-0-471-81972-7 Amazon Game Play: Therapeutic Use of Childhood Games, Second Edition Edited by Charles E. Schaefer, Steven E. Reid (2000: Somerset, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.) ISBN: 978-0-471-36256-2 Amazon Group Filial Therapy: The Complete Guide to Teaching Parents to Play Therapeutically with Their Children Louise Guerney, Virginia Ryan (2013: London, United Kingdom: Jessica Kingsley Publishers) ISBN: 978-1-8431-0911-2 Amazon Group Play Interventions for Children: Strategies for Teaching Prosocial Skills Linda A. Reddy (2012: Washington, DC: American Psychological Association) ISBN: 978-1-4338-1055-8 Amazon Group Play Therapy Primer Kevin J. O'Connor (2001: Somerset, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.) ISBN: 978-0471415336 Amazon
Handbook for Treatment of Attachment-Trauma Problems in Children Beverly James (1994: New York, NY: The Free Press: A division of Simon and Schuster, Inc.) ISBN: 978-0-0291-6005-3 Amazon Handbook of Medical Play Therapy and Child Life: Interventions in Clinical and Medical Settings Edited by Lawrence C. Rubin (2018: New York, NY: Routledge-Taylor & Francis Group) ISBN: 978-1138690011 Amazon Handbook of Play Therapy, Volume 1 Edited by Charles E. Schaefer, Kevin J. O'Connor (1982: Somerset, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.) ISBN: 978-0-471-09462-3 Amazon Handbook of Play Therapy, Volume 2: Advances and Innovations Edited by Kevin J. O'Connor, Charles E. Schaefer (1994: Somerset, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.) ISBN: 978-0-471-58463-6 Amazon Hand in Hand II: Art/Play Therapist's Treasury Chest Betty Bedard-Bidwell (2001: General Store Publishing House) ISBN: 978-1894263399 Amazon Helping Abused and Traumatized Children: Integrating Directive and Nondirective Approaches Eliana Gil (2006: New York, NY: Guilford Press) ISBN: 978-1-59385-334-1 Amazon Helping Bereaved Children: A Handbook for Practitioners Nancy Boyd Webb (1993: New York, NY: Guilford Press) ISBN-13: 978-0898621303 Amazon Helping Bereaved Children: Second Edition: A Handbook for Practitioners Nancy Boyd Webb (2002: New York, NY: Guilford Press) ISBN: 978-1572306325 Amazon Helping Bereaved Children: Third Edition: A Handbook for Practitioners Edited by Nancy Boyd Webb. (2010: New York, NY: Guilford Press) ISBN: 978-1-60623-597-3 Amazon Hidden Treasure: A Map to the Child's Inner Self Violet Oaklander (2006: London, England: Karnac Books) ISBN: 978-1855754904 Amazon How Play Therapists Can Engage Parents and Professionals Jodi Anne Mullen and June A. Rickli (2011: Oswego, NY: Integrative Counseling Services, PLLC) ISBN: 978-0-9796287-6-4 Amazon
If You Turned Into a Monster: Transformation through Play: A Body-Centered Approach to Play Therapy Dennis McCarthy (2007: Philadelphia, PA, Jessica Kingsley Publishers, Inc.) ISBN: 978-1-84310-529-9 Amazon Innovations in Play Therapy: Issues, Process and Special Populations Arthur Kraft & Garry L. Landreth (2000: New York, NY: Brunner-Routledge-Taylor & Francis Group) ISBN: 978-1-56032-881-0 Amazon Innovative Psychotherapy Techniques in Child and Adolescent Therapy: Second Edition Edited by Charles E. Schaefer (1999: New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.) ISBN: 978-0-471-24404-2 Amazon Inscapes of the Child's World: Jungian Counseling in Schools and Clinics John Allan (1988: Putnam, CT: Spring Publications, Inc.) ISBN: 978-0-88214-338-5 Amazon Integrating Extremes: Aggression and Death in the Playroom Lisa Dion (2016: New York, NY: Aviva Publishing) ISBN: 978-1943164387 Amazon Integrative Play Therapy Edited by Athena A. Drewes, Sue C. Bratton, Charles E. Schaefer (2011: Somerset, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.) ISBN: 978-0-470-61792-2 Amazon International Handbook of Play Therapy: Advances in Assessment, Theory, Research and Practice Edited by Charles E. Schaefer, Judith McCormick, Akiko Ohnogi (2005: Northvale, NJ: Jason Aronson, Inc. an imprint of Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, Inc.) ISBN: 978-0-7657-0122-0 Amazon Introduction to Filial Play Therapy Rise VanFleet (1999: Boiling Springs, PA: The Family Enhancement & Play Therapy Center) ISBN: 1-930557-10-8 Introduction to Play Therapy Ann Cattanach (2003: New York, NY: Routledge-Taylor & Francis Group) ISBN: 978-1-58391-248-5 Amazon Jungian Play Therapy and Sandplay with Children: Myth, Mandala and Meaning (2013: Alexandria VA, Microtraining Associates) Kaleidoscope of Play Therapy Stories Edited by Emily Oe, Sherry Mullen (1996: Northvale, NJ: Jason Aronson, Inc. an imprint of Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.) ISBN: 978-1-56821-786-4 Amazon Linking Parents To Play Therapy: A Practical Guide With Applications, Interventions, and Case Studies Deborah Killough-McGuire, Donald E. McGuire (2000: New York, NY: Brunner-Routledge-Taylor & Francis Group) ISBN: 978-1-56032-859-9 Amazon
Maggie's Visit to the Playroom
Paper Dolls and Paper Airplanes: Therapeutic Exercises for Sexually Traumatized Children Helen Rodwell and Vivien Norris (2017: London, UK: Jessica Kingsley Publishers) Partners in Play: An Adlerian Approach to Play Therapy, Second Edition
Play Therapy Edited by Angela F. Y. Siu & Alicia K. L. Pon (2017: Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press) Play Therapy Interventions to Enhance Resilience
Play Therapy Interventions with Children's Problems: Case Studies with DSM-IV Diagnoses: First Edition Edited by Eric Green, Jennifer Baggerly, Amie Myrick (2018: Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield an imprint of Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc.) Play Therapy with Sexually Abused Children: A Synergistic Clinical-Developmental Approach
Play Therapy with Traumatized Children: A Prescriptive Approach Play Therapy with Vulnerable Populations: No Child Forgotten
Playtime for Molly: A Story About Filial Therapy: How a parent and child play to improve their relationship
Linda M. Ramirez, Maira L. Salcines (2001: McAllen, TX: Marlin Books)
ISBN: 978-0971383906 Prescriptive Play Therapy: Tailoring Interventions for Specific Childhood Problems Edited by Heidi Gerard Kaduson, Donna Cangelosi, & Charles E. Schaefer (2020: New York, NY: The Guilford Press)
Puppet Plays for Grieving Children Puppet Play Therapy
Sandplay: Past, Present & Future Rie Rogers Mitchell, Harriet S. Friedman (1994: New York, NY: Brunner-Routledge-Taylor & Francis Group) ISBN: 978-0-415-10137-0 Amazon Sandplay: Therapy with Children and Families Lois J. Carey (1998: Northvale, NJ: Jason Aronson, Inc. an imprint of Rowman and Littlefield Publishers Inc.) ISBN: 978-0-7657-0161-9 Amazon School-Based Play Therapy Edited by Athena A. Drewes, Lois J. Carey, Charles E. Schaefer ( 2001: Somerset, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.) ISBN: 978-0-471-39402-0 Amazon School-Based Play Therapy: Second Edition Edited by Athena A. Drewes, Charles E. Schaefer (2010: Somerset, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.) ISBN: 978-0-470-37140-4 Amazon Short-Term Play Therapy for Children: First Edition Edited by Heidi G. Kaduson, Charles E. Schaefer (2000: New York, NY: The Guilford Press) ISBN: 978-1-5723-0520-5 Amazon Short-Term Play Therapy for Children: Second Edition Edited by Heidi G. Kaduson, Charles E. Schaefer (2006: New York, NY: The Guilford Press) ISBN: 978-1-60623-353-5 Amazon Short-Term Play Therapy for Children: Third Edition Edited by Heidi G. Kaduson, Charles E. Schaefer (2015: New York, NY: The Guilford Press) ISBN: 978-1-4625-2027-5 Amazon Short-Term Play Therapy for Disruptive Children Cheryl Bodinford McNeil (1996: Center for Applied Psychology) ISBN: 978-1882732517 Amazon Short-Term Psychotherapy Groups for Children: Adopting Group Process for Specific Problems Edited by Charles E. Schaefer (1999:Northvale,NJ: Jason Aronson Inc., an imprint of Rowman and Littlefield Publishers) ISBN: 978-0-7657-0187 Amazon
Social Work Practice with Children The Build-a-House Technique 2017
The Handbook of Gestalt Play Therapy: Practical Guidelines for Child Therapists Rinda Blom (2006: Philadelphia, PA: Jessica Kingsley Publishers) ISBN: 978-1-84310-459-9 Amazon
The Handbook of Group Play Therapy: How To Do It, How It Works, Whom It's Best For Edited by Daniel S. Sweeney, Linda E. Homeyer (1999: San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Inc. Publishers) ISBN: 978-0-7879-4807-8 Amazon The Handbook of Jungian Play Therapy with Children and Adolescents Eric Green with foreword by John Allan (2014: Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press) ISBN: 9781421415109 Amazon The Handbook of Play Therapy Linnett McMahon (1992: New York; NY: Brunner-Routledge: An Imprint of Taylor & Francis Group) ISBN: 978-0415059862 Amazon The Handbook of Play Therapy and Therapeutic Play: Second Edition Linnett McMahon (2009: New York, NY: Routledge-Taylor & Francis Group) ISBN: 978-0-415-43942-8 Amazon The Healing Power of Play: Working with Abused Children Eliana Gil (1991: New York, NY: Guilford Press) ISBN: 978-0-89862-467-0 Amazon The Interpersonal Neurobiology of Play: Brain-Building Interventions for Emotional Well-Being Theresa Kestly (2014: New York, NY: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.) ISBN: 978-0-393-70749-6 Amazon The Play Therapy Primer: An Integration of Theories and Techniques Kevin J. O'Connor (1991: Somerset, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.) ISBN: 978-047152543-1 Amazon The Play Therapy Primer, Second Edition Kevin J. O'Connor (2000: Somerset, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.) ISBN: 978-0-471-24873-6 Amazon The Playing Cure: Individualized Play Therapy for Specific Childhood Problems Edited by Heidi G. Kaduson, Donna M. Cangelosi (1997: Northvale, NJ: Jason Aronson, Inc.) ISBN: 978-0-7657-0021-6 Amazon The Quotable Play Therapist: 238 of The All-Time Best Quotes on Play and Play Therapy Charles E. Schaefer, Heidi G. Kaduson (1994: Northvale, NJ. Jason Aronson, Inc.) ISBN: 978-1568212296 Amazon The Story So Far: Play Therapy Narratives Edited by Ann Cattenach (2002: New York, NY. Jessica Kingsley Publishers, LTD.) ISBN: 978-1-84310-063-8 Amazon The Therapeutic Powers of Play Charles E. Schaefer (1995: Northvale, NJ: Jason Aronson, Inc. an imprint of Rowman and Littlefield Publishers) ISBN: 978-1-5682-1794-9 Amazon The Therapeutic Powers of Play: 20 Core Agents of Change, Second Edition Edited by Charles Schaefer and Athena Drewes (2013: Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley and Sons, Inc.) ISBN: 978-1-118-33687-8 Amazon The Therapeutic Use of Child's Play Edited by Charles E. Schaefer (1979:Northvale, NJ: Jason Aronson, Inc. an imprint of Rowman and Littlefield Publishers) ISBN: 978-0-87668-209-8 Amazon Therapeutic Engagement of Children and Adolescents: Play, Symbol, Drawing, and Storytelling Strategies David A. Crenshaw (2008: Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, Inc.) ISBN: 978-0-7657-0571-6 Amazon Therapeutic Metaphors for Children and the Child Within Joyce Mills, Richard J. Crowley (1986: New York, NY: Brunner-Routledge-Taylor & Francis Group) ISBN: 978-1583913703 Amazon Theraplay: A New Program for the Treatment of Problem Children and their Families Ann M. Jernberg (1979: Jossey-Bass Publishers) Amazon
Theraplay: Helping Parents and Children Build Better Relationships through Attachment-Based Play. Second Edition Using Superheroes and Villains in Counseling and Play Therapy When Death Knocks at the Schoolhouse Door |
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