A Practical Handbook for Building the Play Therapy Relationship

Building a safe, accepting, and freeing relationship with a child in the play therapy experience is considered to be essential by practicing play therapists and all theoretical approaches to play therapy. A Practical Handbook for Building the Play Therapy Relationship is designed for practitioners, students, and play therapy supervisors who want a practical approach for learning or teaching the fundamental skills of building a therapeutic relationship in play therapy. It provides a step-by-step approach from structuring the play therapy session to therapeutic limit setting to termination-closure and involves the reader in learning and applying these key skills in the therapy practice.

Garry Landreth is Regents Professor in the Department of Counseling, Development, and Higher Education at the University of North Texas and founder of the Center for Play Therapy.