Play Therapy Treatment Planning with Children and Families: A Guide for Mental Health Professionals

by Lynn Louise Wonders (Editor), Mary L. Affee (Editor)

Overview

Play Therapy Treatment Planning with Children and Families is a comprehensive guide that provides an integrative and prescriptive approach to creating customized treatment plans. It’s an excellent textbook for graduate programs in social work, counseling, and family therapy and an invaluable guide for practicing clinicians in all settings.

After exploring and explaining the many modalities for treating children and adolescents, this book provides sample treatment plans using a variety of case vignettes. Chapters also take readers through a road map for case conceptualization, meeting with caregivers, problem identification, goal development, diagnosis determination, determination of interventions and termination, and much more.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781032363622
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	03/29/2024
Pages:	280
Sales rank:	1,071,253
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Lynn Louise Wonders is a licensed professional counselor (LPC), certified professional counselor (CPCS), and registered play therapist-supervisor (RPT-S). She has provided clinical supervision, consultation, and training since 2010. 

Mary L. Affee is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW), a registered play therapist-supervisor (RPT-S), and holds a doctorate in education. She is the founder and clinical director of Horizon Integrated Wellness Group, a private practice in North Carolina. 

Table of Contents

Part One: Foundations of Treatment Planning  1. Purposeful and Effective Treatment Planning for Children and Families  2. Understanding the Context of Human Development in Treatment Planning  3. Cultural Implications to Treatment Planning for Children and Families  4. Approaches for Case Conceptualization and Treatment Planning  Part Two: Treatment Planning from a Variety of Theoretical Orientations, Models, and Approaches  5. An Adlerian Play Therapy Approach to Treatment Planning  6. Treatment Planning for Animal Assisted Play Therapy™  7. An AutPlay® Approach to Therapy Planning  8. A Child-Centered Play Therapy Approach to Treatment Planning  9. Treatment Planning from a Cognitive Behavioral Play Therapy Perspective  10. A Digital Play Therapy™ Approach to Treatment Planning  11. Using a Family Systems Approach to Assessment and Treatment  12. A Filial Therapy Approach to Treatment Planning  13. A Developmental Approach to Treatment Planning for Infants with FirstPlay® Therapy  14. A Gestalt Approach to Treatment Planning  15. A Jungian Approach to Treatment Planning  16. Kalffian Sandplay in Assessment and Treatment Planning  17. A Psychodynamic Approach to Treatment Planning  18. A Neurobiological Relational Approach to Therapy Planning  19. A Synergetic Play Therapy® Approach to Treatment Planning  20. Treatment Planning in TraumaPlay™: Story Keeping for the Family System  Part Three: Special Populations and Considerations with Treatment Planning  21. Therapy Planning for Sexually Abused Children and Adolescents  22. Therapy Planning with EMDR® and Play Therapy  23. Psychotherapy Treatment Planning with Children in Crisis  24. A Neurodiversity Affirming Approach to Therapy Planning  25. Treatment Planning with Children During High-Conflict Divorce  26. Treatment Planning with LGBTQ+ (SOGIE) Youth and Families  27. Race-Based Assessment, Diagnosis, and Treatment Planning with Black Children and Families  28. Mindfulness in Treatment Planning  29. Families, Children, and Technology in Treatment Planning  30. Treatment Planning in Clinical Supervision

Editorial Reviews

"This book on treatment planning stands out for its holistic approach. The co-editors selected some of the best scholars and practitioners in the play therapy field. I love the emphasis on the wide array of contributing factors and wider systems.”

David A. Crenshaw, PhD, ABPP, author and board-certified clinical psychologist

 

“Play Therapy Treatment Planning with Children and Families delivers just what the title describes and much more. The editors provide a thoughtful rationale for the importance of treatment planning, one that extends the plan to be a dynamic process, encompassing relevant contextual factors in the child’s life. The editors have assembled seasoned practitioners to offer guidance and practical applications for treatment planning, ensuring that the book is useful across various presenting issues and theoretical orientations. The book will help practitioners craft holistic and high-quality plans to support the well-being of children and families!”

Anne Stewart, PhD, professor, Department of Graduate Psychology, James Madison University

 

“This is a book play therapists will keep handy for many years.”

Richard Gaskill, EdD, LPC, RPT-S

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