Charles Schaefer - Family Play Therapy

CHILD THERAPY SERIES

A SERIES OF BOOKS EDITED BY
CHARLES SCHAEFER

Cognitive-Behavioral Play Therapy

Susan M. Knell

Play Therapy in Action: A Casebook for Practitioners

Terry Kottman and Charles Schaefer, Eds.

Family Play Therapy

Lois Carey and Charles Schaefer, Eds.

The Quotable Play Therapist

Charles Schaefer and Heidi Kaduson, Eds.

Childhood Encopresis and Enuresis

Charles Schaefer

The Therapeutic Powers of Play

Charles Schaefer, Ed.

Play Therapy Techniques

Donna Cangelosi and Charles Schaefer, Eds.

Children in Residential Care: Critical Issues in Treatment

Charles Schaefer and Arthur Swanson, Eds.

Therapeutic Use of Childs Play

Charles Schaefer, Ed.

Clinical Handbook of Sleep Disorders in Children

Charles Schaefer, Ed.

Clinical Handbook of Anxiety Disorders in Children and Adolescents

Andrew R. Eisen, Christopher A. Kearney, and Charles Schaefer, Eds.

Practitioners Guide to Treating Fear and Anxiety in Children and Adolescents: A Cognitive-Behavioral Approach

Andrew R. Eisen and Christopher A. Kearney

Edited by

Charles E. Schaefer, Ph.D.
Lois J. Carey, M.S.W.

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Family play therapy / [edited by] Charles E. Schaefer, Lois J. Carey.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN: 978-1-56821-150-3

1. Play therapy. 2. Family psychotherapy. I. Shaefer, Charles E. II. Carey, Lois J.

[DNLM: 1. Mental Disordersin infancy and childhood. 2. Mental Disorderstherapy. 3. Family Therapy. 4. Play Therapy. WS 350.2 F198]

RJ505.P6F36 1994
616.89156dc20
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Part I:
Assessment and Diagnosis

Wendy Miller

Eleanor C. Irwin and Elaine S. Malloy

Patricia Tracy Ross

Ibrahim N. Orgun

Richard Chasin

Gavin M. Smith

Part II
Major Therapeutic Schools

David E. Scharff

Jill Savege Scharff

James H. Straughan

Bonnie Eaker

Louise F. Guerney and Bernard Guerney, Jr.

Thomas G. Hardaway II

Ellen F. Wachtel

Joan Zilbach and Sharon Gordetsky

David V. Keith and Carl A. Whitaker

Part III
Specialized Therapeutic Techniques

Lois Carey

Helen B. Landgarten

Adam Blatner

Robert S. Schachter

Part IV
Adaptations for Special Populations

Gino DeSalvatore and Deborah Rosenman

Lisa Hensley McElreath and Toni Hembree Eisenstadt

Steve Harvey

Adam Blatner, M.D.

Bingham Child Guidance Center

Louisville, KY

Lois Carey, M.S.W.

Center for Sandplay Studies

Upper Grandview (Nyack), NY

Richard Chasin, M.D.

Family Institute of Cambridge

Cambridge, MA

Gino DeSalvatore

New England Memorial Hospital

Stoneham, MA

Bonnie Eaker (now Weil), Ph.D.

Private Practice

New York City, NY

Toni Hembree Eisenstadt, Ph.D.

Tempe, AZ

Sharon Gordetsky, Ph.D.

Parents and Childrens Services

Boston, MA

Bernard Guerney, Jr., M.D.

Penn State University

University Park, PA

Louise F. Guerney, Ph.D.

Penn State University

University Park, PA

Thomas G. Hardaway, M.D.

Texas A & M College of Medicine

Temple, TX

Steve Harvey, Ph.D.

Private Practice

Colorado Springs, CO

Eleanor C. Irwin, Ph.D.

University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, PA

David V. Keith, M.D.

University of Wisconsin

Madison, WI

Helen B. Landgarten, M.A.

Professor Emeritus, Loyola Marymount University

Los Angeles, CA

Elaine S. Malloy (now Portner), M.S.W.

University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, PA

Lisa Hensley McElreath, M.A.

University of Oklahoma (Interne)

Health Sciences Center

Oklahoma City, OK

Wendy M. Miller, Psy.D.

Private Practice

Portland, OR

Ibrahim N. Orgun, M.D.

Mount Sinai Hospital

Hartford, CT

Deborah Rosenman

New England Memorial Hospital

Stoneham, MA

Patricia Tracy Ross

University of Massachusetts

Amherst, MA

Robert S. Schachter, Ed.D.

Mount Sinai School of Medicine

New York City, NY

David E. Scharff, M.D.

Washington School of Psychiatry

Georgetown Medical School

Washington, DC

Jill Savege Scharff, M.D.

Washington School of Psychiatry

Georgetown Medical School

Washington, DC

Gavin M. Smith, Ph.D.

Sanctuary Psychological Services

Abington, PA

James H. Straughan

University of Oregon

Eugene, OR

Ellen F. Wachtel, Ph.D.

Private Practice

New York City, NY

Carl A. Whitaker, M.D.

University of Wisconsin

Madison, WI

Joan Zilbach, M.D.

Fielding Institute

Santa Barbara, CA

Since the turn of the century, four major approaches to child therapy have been employedpsychodynamic, play, cognitive-behavioral, and family therapy. In recent years, there has been a trend toward greater integration of these major schools. In particular, the principles of play therapy and family therapy are being combined into a new approach, which has been termed Family Play Therapy.

Family therapists are discovering that the use of play activities facilitates the communication and involvement of the entire family, particularly young children, in the therapeutic process. They are also learning that the familys innate creativity can be activated through play activities. Family play therapy is the generic name for an extensive and heterogeneous group of treatment interventions that continue to expand each year.

There is certainly a large number of children with serious problems in our society today, and new ways of reaching them therapeutically must be implemented. Children are often the bearers of the family pathology and they naturally rebel at being assigned the role of identified patient. In many cases, the problem really lies in the dysfunctional family into which they have been born. The family therapy approach was developed to address this situation.