Play therapy : a psychodynamic primer for the treatment of young children / Pamela Meersand, Karen J. Gilmore, M.D.

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.