Play Therapy Treatment Planning and Interventions

Play Therapy: Treatment Planning and Interventions: The Ecosystemic Model and Workbook, 2e provides a practical and comprehensive guide to ecosystemic play therapy, a dynamic approach for addressing the mental health needs of children and their families. Designed to help therapists develop clear treatment goals and structured plans, the book integrates theory, assessment, and intervention in a developmentally organized, strength-based, and systemically informed framework. It offers guidance on client and family interviews, pretreatment assessments, and data collection, alongside detailed play therapy activities tailored to children’s social-emotional development. Each activity includes preparation steps, expected outcomes, and follow-up suggestions. Case examples, completed workbook sections, and downloadable templates help therapists apply the model in real-world practice.

Key Features:

• Presents a comprehensive theory of play therapy
• Clearly links theoretical model to practical interventions
• Provides examples of theory and intervention applied to real cases
• Includes detailed, developmentally appropriate play therapy activities
• Offers workbook templates for intake, assessment, and treatment planning
• Case examples included throughout for practical guidance