Using Play to Develop Trust and Joy in Parent-Child Relationships
Theraplay, modeled on the natural, playful patterns of healthy
interaction between parent and child, helps troubled families
develop the responsiveness and structure vital to a childs
development. Theraplay shows parents how to use play to communicate
love and authority and to engage their children in interactions
that develop competence, self-esteemand trust.
Booths revised edition brilliantly integrates Jernbergs
innovative approach with recent research on attachment and the
effect of stress and trauma on child development. In a clear,
forceful style and illustrated by vivid therapeutic vignettes,
Theraplay demonstrates how this creative and joyful treatment can
help even the most challenging children and their families.
"This well-organized, detailed book . . . will delight both
neophyte and experienced professional. . . . Theraplay has the
capacity to transform [an] insecure parent-child relationship . . .
to one of mutual pleasure and trust."--Miriam Elson, author, Self
Psychology in Clinical Social Work
"This is a much-needed resource, and I highly recommend
it."Charles E. Schaefer, professor of psychology, Fairleigh
Dickinson University
"Theraplay should be mandatory for every child placed in foster
care or an adoptive home."Kevin OConnor, author, The Play Therapy
Primer
"Booth has made explicit the reality of attachment-based play
that is Theraplay. She has gone further than the first edition in
integrating parents into the treatment. . . . By giving parents the
skills to take the interventions home, she enables Theraplay to be
a much more effective brief therapy method." --Daniel A. Hughes,
author, Facilitating Developmental Attachment
"Helping to create, restructure, or restore a child-parent
relationship is an awesome task and a sacred trust. The Theraplay
method provides a structure for working with both children and
their caregivers to develop robust, wholesome
relationships."Beverly James, author, Treating Traumatized Children
and Handbook for Treatment of Attachment-Trauma Problems.