Integrative Play Therapy

Like most mental health treatment models, the field of play therapy is moving from solo theoretical approaches/orientations to an eclectic framework that integrates more than one perspective. Integrative Play Therapy, edited by and contributed to by leaders in the field of play therapy, is the first book of its kind to present methods for blending the best theories together to arrive at the most efficacious treatments. Play therapists and other mental health professionals are provided with conceptual chapters that introduce the nature and importance of working with an integrative approach.

Athena A. Drewes, PsyD, MA, RPT-S, has almost thirty years of clinical experience in play therapy, working with children and adolescents across all types of treatment settings. She is Director of Clinical Training and APA Internship at Astor Services for Children and Families. She served six years as Director of the Association for Play Therapy and is founder and Director of The Play Therapy Institute, LLC. Sue C. Bratton, PHD, LPC, RPT-S, is a professor and Director of the University of North Texas Center for Play Therapy. She has written numerous chapters on play therapy and related journal articles, and is a renowned play therapy trainer and workshop presenter. Charles E. Schaefer, PHD, RPT-S, is Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Fairleigh Dickinson University. He is cofounder and Director Emeritus of the Association for Play Therapy. He is also the founder and Codirector of the Play Therapy Training Institute in New Jersey.