00000nam a2200000 n 4500 UP-1685523046124776148 Buklod 20231124102449.0 aa r 001 0d ta 230424s2018 enk a r b 001 0deng d 9781138656796 19805764 CHK-6205 Goldenbooks Php3125.00 DLC DCHK rda eng RJ 505 .P6 C46 2018 Chown, Alison author A practical guide to play therapy in the outdoors working in nature by Alison Chown. London New York Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 2018 ix, 143 pages illustrations 24 cm text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index Introduction -- A brief history of play therapy -- Considering the concept and purpose of play -- Play in a broader context -- Play therapy in nature -- meanings and metaphors -- Getting started : practical, ethical and philosophical considerations -- Places to go, spaces to use -- meeting the elements. A Practical Guide to Play Therapy in the outdoors responds to the significant and growing interest in the play therapy community of working in nature. Alison Chown provides practical ideas about why we might decide to take play therapy practice into outdoor setting and how we might do this safely and ethically. This book discusses how nature provide a second intermediate playground and can be seen as a co-therapist in play therapy. It explores the relevance of different environments to the play therapy process by considering the elements of earth, air, fire, water and wood. It looks at the way we can connect with nature to find a sense of place and details some activities to do with children in play therapy to get started. The book provides an important guide for the practitioner and talks them through the crucial guidelines that are necessary for outdoor play therapy and gives a philosophical perspective to working in nature. It will be engaging and essential reading for play therapists in training and practice Child psychotherapy. Nature, Healing power of. Play therapy. FO UPD DCHK RJ 505 .P6 C46 2018 Book