Cognitive Behavioral Play Therapy

This edited book is a combination of chapters written by the co-editors and invited chapter authors who are renowned in the field of play therapy who will write on various aspects of cognitive-behavioral play therapy (CBPT). This edition is unique in its inclusion of timely chapters addressing the rationale for integrating CBT and play therapy; foundations and theory of CBPT, research, methodology and components to treatment, directive and non-directive integration, facilitating responses, psychoeducation, collaborative treatment planning, assessment, clinical applications across settings, and clinical populations that address treatment issues, such as trauma, anxiety, speech and language/mutism, toileting, anger, fears, phobias, and ADD/ADHD to name a few. This volume addresses pressing issues of the day.