Play Therapy for Severe Psychological Trauma

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  • DVD: 41 pages
  • Published: December 2006
  • ISBN: 978-1-59385-422-5
  • Publisher: Guilford Press

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In this instructive DVD, well-known play and family therapist Eliana Gil elucidates the nature of trauma, how to recognize it clinically, and how to manage its powerful effects on children's development with the use of specific art and play techniques. The DVD includes a reenacted clinical interview and footage from an actual play therapy session, as well as many moving examples of children's work. With empathy and wisdom, Dr. Gil discusses such important topics as what dissociation looks like in children's paintings and drawings and how to intervene effectively in posttraumatic play.

Reviews

'An excellent addition to every clinician's professional library. Dr. Gil successfully weaves theory and technique in a pleasurable manner. By using a combination of the 'healthy' play of volunteers, and case presentations of traumatized clients, Gil delivers crucial information.' - Social Work in Health Care

'Helping students and novice practitioners see clearly the various aspects of the craft, Dr. Gil models an accepting stance that in itself may represent a new experience for these children. [This DVD] opens up many possibilities for therapists who are working with children not yet ready to verbalize traumatic events or the feelings associated with them.' - William N. Friedrich, PhD, Mayo Clinic and Mayo Medical School, USA

Author/Editor Biography

Eliana Gil, PhD, Multicultural Clinical Center, Springfield, VA, USA

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