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Touch in Child Counseling and Play Therapy: An Ethical and Clinical Guide
Janet A. Courtney
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Description for Touch in Child Counseling and Play Therapy: An Ethical and Clinical Guide
Paperback. Editor(s): Courtney, Janet A.; Nolan, Robert D. Num Pages: 268 pages, 27 black & white illustrations, 2 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JKSN2; MMJT; MQTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 362.
Touch in Child Counseling and Play Therapy explores the professional and legal boundaries around physical contact in therapy and offers best-practice guidelines from a variety of perspectives. Chapters address issues around appropriate and sensitive therapist-initiated touch, therapeutic approaches that use touch as an intervention in child treatment, and both positive and challenging forms of touch that are initiated by children. In these pages, professionals and students alike will find valuable information on ways to address potential ethical dilemmas, including defining boundaries, working with parents and guardians, documentation, consent forms, cultural considerations, countertransference, and much more.
Touch in Child Counseling and Play Therapy explores the professional and legal boundaries around physical contact in therapy and offers best-practice guidelines from a variety of perspectives. Chapters address issues around appropriate and sensitive therapist-initiated touch, therapeutic approaches that use touch as an intervention in child treatment, and both positive and challenging forms of touch that are initiated by children. In these pages, professionals and students alike will find valuable information on ways to address potential ethical dilemmas, including defining boundaries, working with parents and guardians, documentation, consent forms, cultural considerations, countertransference, and much more.
Product Details
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
238
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781138638532
SKU
V9781138638532
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99-1
About Janet A. Courtney
Janet A. Courtney, PhD, LCSW is founder of FirstPlay (R) Therapy and an adjunct professor at Barry University School of Social Work in Miami Shores, Florida. She is a TEDx speaker and past president of the Florida Association for Play Therapy.She offers certification training to practitioners in FirstPlay (R) Infant Massage Storytelling and Kinesthetic Storytelling (R). ... Read more
Reviews for Touch in Child Counseling and Play Therapy: An Ethical and Clinical Guide
Touch in Child Counseling and Play Therapy covers the multifaceted clinical and ethical challenges that arise in a diverse array of therapy settings with children from infancy to adolescence. This has been a very `touchy' and controversial subject which the authors skillfully review. Touch experiences are inevitable in work with children, and the concluding chapter covers five important core competencies ... Read more