TY - BOOK AU - Meersand,Pamela AU - Gilmore,Karen J. ED - American Psychiatric Association Publishing, TI - Play therapy: a psychodynamic primer for the treatment of young children SN - 9781615370436 (paperback : alk. paper) PY - 2018/// CY - Arlington, Virginia PB - American Psychiatric Association Publishing KW - Child psychotherapy KW - Play therapy KW - Child KW - Psychotherapy, Psychodynamic KW - Child development N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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 ER -