POINT, COUNTER POINT,


THE MIDDLE GROUND Handcuffed in session: Within the limits or out of bounds?


References Ausloos, G. (1995). La compétence des familles [The competence of families]. Erès.


Crenshaw, D & Mordock, J. (2005). A handbook of play therapy with aggressive children. Jason Aronson.


Dion, L. (2018). Aggression in play therapy: A neurobiological approach for integrating intensity. W.W. Norton & Company. S.


Gestal, (2020, January 4). Toy handcuffs [Online forum post].


Association for Play Therapy. https://playtherapyconnection.a4pt.org/ communities/community-home/digestviewer/viewthread?GroupId=1 9&MessageKey=b87d7a62-aefe-4351-bc67-d54b947289ee&Commu nityKey=fb45aba6-10bb-41ea-94be-a1d280ae45ad&tab=digestviewer


Kottman, T., & Meany-Walen, K. (2018). Doing play therapy. Guilford Press. Landreth, G. L. (2012). Play therapy: The art of the relationship (3rd ed.). Routledge.


Mainguet, C., Mousnier, E., & Vanneste, F. (2011). Comment souplesse et liberté peuvent générer des effets thérapeutiques dans un cadre de guidance sous contrainte en milieu ouvert [How flexibility and freedom can generate therapeutic effects in a guidance framework under constraint]. Cahiers Critiques de Thérapie Familiale et de Pratiques de Réseaux, 46(1), 67-84.


Malchiodi, C. (2016). Expressive arts therapy and windows of tolerance. Retrieved from https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/arts-and- health/201602/expressive-arts-therapy-and-windows-tolerance


Future Play Therapy Topics TM


We invite you to contribute your ideas and manuscripts for publication consideration on the following upcoming topics.


Submit your 530-word (or less) Point, Counter Point, or The Middle Ground essay to klebby@a4pt.org


Dollhouses: Necessary or not? (June 2020 issue), Essay due by April 1, 2020.


Should children know the details of suicide or homicide? (September 2020 issue), Essay due by June 1, 2020.


CLINICAL EDITOR’S COMMENTS: This column features insights and differing perspectives on


important play therapy issues. Contributors’ views are their own. Guest Editor: Lawrence Rubin, PhD, ABPP, LMHC, RPT-S


Malchiodi, C. A. (2020). Trauma and expressive arts therapy: Brain, body, and imagination in the healing process. Guilford Press.


Siegel, D. (2010). Mindsight: The new science of transformation. Bantam. Smith, S., Ferguson, C., & Beaver, K. (2018). Learning to blast a way into crime, or just good clean fun? Examining aggressive play with toy weapons and its relation to crime. Criminal Behavior and Mental Health, 28, 313-323. https://doi.org/10.1002/cbm.2070


Winburn, A. (2018). Searching for common ground on toy guns in the playroom. Play Therapy, 13(2), 18-20.


Winburn, A., Dugger, S.M., & Main, J.A. (2017). Toy guns in play therapy: An examination of play therapists’ beliefs.


In R. L. Steen (Ed.),


Emerging research in play therapy. Hershey, PA: IGI Global. https://doi. org/0.4018/978 1-5225-2224-9.ch009


Zelinger, L. (2020, January 2). Toy handcuffs [Online forum post]. Association for Play Therapy. https://playtherapyconnection.a4pt.org/ communities/community-home/digestviewer/viewthread?GroupId=19 &MessageKey=b87d7a62-aefe-4351-bc67-d54b947289ee&Communit yKey=fb45aba6-10bb-41ea-94be-a1d280ae45ad&tab=digestviewer


ABOUT THE AUTHORS


Constance B. Ratcliff, PhD, LMFT, LPC/ MHSP-S, RPT-S is a part-time faculty member at Lee University and Clinic Director of the Lee University Marriage and Family & Play Therapy Center providing supervision and consultation. She is also the founder and Clinic Director of Legacy Family Counseling offering systemic, evidenced-based interventions with individuals, couples, and families. cratcliff@leeuniversity.edu


Sarah D. Stauffer, PhD, LP (Switzerland), LPC, NCC, NCSC, RPT-S is a play therapist with children and families at the non-profit Association ESPAS, a member of the Scientific Committee for the University of Lausanne’s Child Maltreatment Observatory, and a member of the IJPT Editorial Board and APT’s Research Committee. sarah.stauffer@me.com


Brijin Gardner, MSW, LSCSW, LCSW, RPT-S, owns a private practice in Kansas City where she works with children, adolescents, and families. She is a frequent speaker on play therapy at national and state conferences. She has served as KSAPT president and is a Leadership Academy graduate. brijingardner@gmail.com


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