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Therapeutic engagement of children and adolescents; play, symbol, drawing, and storytelling strategies.


9780765705716

Therapeutic engagement of children and adolescents; play, symbol, drawing, and storytelling Storytelling
Aesop

semi-legendary fabulist of ancient Greece. [Gk. Lit.: Harvey, 10]

Münchäusen

Baron traveler grossly embellishes his experiences. [Ger. Lit.
 strategies.

Crenshaw cren·shaw   also cran·shaw
n.
A variety of winter melon (Cucumis melo var. inodorus) having a greenish-yellow rind and sweet, usually salmon-pink flesh.



[Origin unknown.]
, David A.

Jason Aronson

2008

169 pages

$34.95

Paperback

RJ504

Crenshaw, a psychologist psy·chol·o·gist
n.
A person trained and educated to perform psychological research, testing, and therapy.


psychologist 
 and registered play therapist-supervisor, states at the outset that psychotherapy psychotherapy, treatment of mental and emotional disorders using psychological methods. Psychotherapy, thus, does not include physiological interventions, such as drug therapy or electroconvulsive therapy, although it may be used in combination with such methods.  is "part science and part art." The theme carries through his book on child therapy as he discusses engaging reluctant children and adolescents, the use of symbols, drawing, storytelling, and other means to aid young patients suffering from grief, rejection, or other difficulties. The author's intuitive, jargon-free, and well-researched work will interest established therapists as well as novice practitioners.

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