Meersand, Pamela, <br/><br/>
Play therapy :  a psychodynamic primer for the treatment of young children / 
Pamela Meersand,  Karen J. Gilmore, M.D. 
 - First edition. 
 - xv, 468 pages ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Why play therapy? Introduction to the psychodynamic treatment of young children -- Play, playfulness, and the sequence of play forms in development -- Pretend play -- Play in the digital age -- Basic psychodynamic concepts and their use in play therapy -- Therapeutic action and the multiple functions of play therapy -- Play and developmental psychopathology, deprivation, or disability -- The logistics -- Getting started, creating an alliance and facilitating play -- Working with parents over the course of treatment -- Deepening play therapy via verbalizing inner states, expanding narratives and working -- With transference and defense -- Ending placv y therapy and the process of termination -- Play therapy, variations in development and serious psychopathology. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781615370436 (paperback : alk. paper)  RM311.22 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Child psychotherapy.<br/>Play therapy.<br/>Child.<br/>Psychotherapy, Psychodynamic.<br/>Child development.