REVIEW Play in Family Therapy (2nd ed.)


Authored by Eliana Gil, PhD, LMFT, RPT-S 2016: New York, NY: Guilford Press ISBN: 978-1462526451


Clinical vignettes highlight the updated Family in Play Therapy by Eliana Gil. This second edition integrates expressive arts, including puppets and storytelling, family play genogram, drama therapy, and art creation into the complex arena of combining family therapy and play therapy.


   play therapy along with the obstacles in integrating the two into family play therapy. A chapter on clinical creativity assists therapists in moving past myths to help shape and nurture their own creative expression. Case examples illustrate how creative and expressive interventions have been utilized and adapted to meet each family’s unique needs. Metaphors play a strong role throughout the book thorough discussion as well as examples in several of the case studies.


Gil discussed families with children and couples through case studies.         between a parent and her youngest son with whom secure attachment had not been established. Gil documented the step-by-step process and


  the expressive art activity of Scribble Drawing. The couple worked together to discover their fears and love for one another.


   can trust that it will guide them in highlighting their own creativity in the process of joining families together in a playful way!


ABOUT THE REVIEWER: Lisa Morrell Dawson, MA, MS, LPC, RPT-S, NCC, IMH-E, is the Clinical Director and a therapist at Tulsa Sunshine Center in Broken Arrow, OK. She is also an APT Approved Provider through Dawson Counseling and Play Therapy. lisa@dawsonplaytherapy.com


Mindful Play-Family Therapy


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Dottie Higgins-Klein, LMFT, RPT-S Family & Play Therapy Center   Education Award 2016 APT Approved Provider Since 1996 APT Approved Provider 96-030


Mindfulness-Based Play-Family Therapy: Theory and Practice


by Dottie Higgins-Klein Published by W. W. Norton & Co., 2013 Foreword by Bonnie Badenoch


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Summer 2020Webinars Dissociation & Complex Trauma:


Creative Treatment Techniques in Play Therapy


Friday, June 5 — 6 Hours


Sandtray Play Therapy Using Focusing


Thurs-Sat, July 16-18 — 18 Hours


Amazing Play Therapy! A Boy’s Recovery from the Trauma of Losing His Hand Saturday, August 15 — 4 Hours


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Play-Family Therapy Training Program


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