Play therapy in the outdoors : taking play therapy out of the playroom and into natural environments /

Championing the therapeutic power of nature, this book explores why outdoor play therapy offers children more than being confined to a playroom and how practice can be moved into the natural environment in a safe and ethical way. By using outdoor environments, the traditional dyadic relationship bet...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Chown, Alison
Corporate Author:	Alexander Street (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	In English.
Published:	London : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2014.
Subjects:	Child psychotherapy. Nature, Healing power of. Psychotherapist and patient. Play therapy. Play Therapy Enfants > Psychothérapie. Médecine naturelle. Relations psychothérapeutiques. Ludothérapie. Psychotherapy. Child. Developmental. PSYCHOLOGY. Play therapy Child psychotherapy Nature, Healing power of Psychotherapist and patient Electronic books.
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Summary:	Championing the therapeutic power of nature, this book explores why outdoor play therapy offers children more than being confined to a playroom and how practice can be moved into the natural environment in a safe and ethical way. By using outdoor environments, the traditional dyadic relationship between the therapist and the child becomes a triadic one in which the therapeutic process is enhanced and the environment for the play therapy is shared and therefore more 'democratic'. The child can develop a lifelong therapeutic attachment to the 'nature mother' which supports the development of the body self and a growing recognition of our interdependence with nature. The author explores how this is achievable in practice and the benefits to children with a wide range of needs including profound and multiple learning difficulties (PMLD), complex social, emotional and behavioural problems (SEBD) and attachment issues. Synthesising traditions of using outdoor spaces in a therapeutic context with approaches from educational perspectives, this book offers a theoretically-sound and practical framework for taking play therapy into natural environments.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (206 pages)
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:	9781306863742 1306863740 9780857008053 0857008056