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Mindfulness-based play-family therapy : theory and practice / Dottie Higgins-Klein ; foreword by Bonnie Badenoch.

By: Higgins-Klein, Dottie [author.].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2013]Edition: First edition.Description: xxiii, 334 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780393708639 (hardcover).Subject(s): Play therapy | Family psychotherapy | Child psychotherapy | Interpersonal psychotherapyDDC classification: 618.92891653
Contents:
Early childhood development and interpersonal neurobiology -- Background and overview of mindfulness-based play-family therapy -- Intake, four-segment evaluation and special considerations -- The six stages of mindfulness-based play-family therapy -- The language and metaphors of play therapy -- Family therapy in mindfulness-based play-family therapy -- Parent education and mindful parenting -- Weaving it all together: child development, mindfulness-based play-therapy and parenting -- A mindfulness-based play-therapy case study.

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Incorporating mindfulness and family therapy into play-family sessions.

When a child is offered a space to relax the "busy mind," his experience is comparable to mindfulness meditation. Therapists can help children remain in this calm state--in the state of the present moment--if they have the right tools and techniques to do so. During this stillness, a child can reach a level of consciousness that is parallel to the deepened awareness that occurs during mindfulness meditation. Conducting play sessions in this stage allows for healing and progress. Not only can the symptoms of children's pain be reduced in intensity and duration, but their self-esteem can be enhanced.

This book presents a new and comprehensive framework for helping children through play therapy within the context of the family and incorporating ideas from the practice of mindfulness. This experience-based therapeutic model respectfully derives from the best roots of traditional family therapy and play therapy modalities. Additionally, it draws from child development theory, interpersonal neurobiology, and mindfulness. Either spontaneous play or directed play can be used according to the need.

Bibliography: (pages 321-326) and index.

Early childhood development and interpersonal neurobiology -- Background and overview of mindfulness-based play-family therapy -- Intake, four-segment evaluation and special considerations -- The six stages of mindfulness-based play-family therapy -- The language and metaphors of play therapy -- Family therapy in mindfulness-based play-family therapy -- Parent education and mindful parenting -- Weaving it all together: child development, mindfulness-based play-therapy and parenting -- A mindfulness-based play-therapy case study.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Dottie Higgins-Klein

is Clinical and Administrative Director of The Family and Play Therapy Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.