Play Therapy in the Outdoors
presented by Allison Chown, fl. 2014 (London, England: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2014, originally published 2014), 210 page(s)
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- Abstract / Summary
- Championing the therapeutic power of nature, this book explores why outdoor play therapy offers children more than being confined to a playroom and how practice can be moved into the natural environment in a safe and ethical way. By using outdoor environments, the traditional dyadic relationship between the therapist and the child becomes a triadic one in which the therapeutic process is enhanced and the environment for the play therapy is shared and therefore more 'democratic'. The child can develop a lifelong therapeutic attachment to the 'nature mother' which supports the development of the body self and a growing recognition of our interdependence with nature. The author explores how this is achievable in practice and the benefits to children with a wide range of needs including profound and multiple learning difficulties (PMLD), complex social, emotional and behavioural problems (SEBD) and attachment issues. Synthesising traditions of using outdoor spaces in a therapeutic context with approaches from educational perspectives, this book offers a theoretically-sound and practical framework for taking play therapy into natural environments.
- Field of Interest
- Counseling & Therapy
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Copyright Message
- Copyright © 2014 Alison Chown; Copyright © foreward copyright © 2014 Sara Knight
- Content Type
- Book
- Duration
- 0 sec
- Format
- Text
- Original Publication Date
- 2014
- Page Count
- 210
- Publication Year
- 2014
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Place Published / Released
- London, England
- Subject
- Counseling & Therapy, Psychology & Counseling, Health Sciences, Theoretical Approaches to Counseling, Youth, Education, development, and training, Theory, Client-therapist relationship, Childhood play behavior, Children, Client-counselor relations, Child and Adolescent Psychology, Child psychotherapy, Play therapy
- Clinician
- Allison Chown, fl. 2014