Play Therapy and Telemental Health gives clinicians the tools they need to bring their therapy sessions online.
Play Therapy and Telemental Health gives clinicians the tools they need to bring their therapy sessions online.
Chapters present the fundamentals of play therapy and telemental health therapy and introduce play therapists to a variety of special populations and interventions specific to telemental health. Expert contributors discuss using a wide variety of telehealth interventions including Virtual Sandtray®©, nature play, and EDMR with children affected by autism, trauma, and more. Readers will learn how the fundamentals of play therapy can be expanded to provide effective treatment in web-based sessions.
This is a vital guide for any clinician working in play therapy in the twenty-first century.
Section 1: Foundation
1. Theoretical Roots and Branches of the Evolving
Field of Play Therapy
2. Purposeful Application of Theory to Case
Conceptualization and Treatment Planning
3. Telemental Health Play Therapy
4.
Cultural Humility in the Telehealth Playroom; Section 2: Special Populations
5. TraumaPlay and Telehealth: Innovations Through the Screen
6. The Power of
Attachment in Telemental Health
7. Virtual EMDR and Telemental Health Play
Therapy
8. AutPlay® Therapy and Telehealth: Strategies for Children with
Autism
9. Telemental Play Therapy in Schools
10. Neurodiverse Older Teens and
Young Adults in Teleplay; Section 3: Special Interventions
11. Using the
Virtual Sandtray®© App: A Boys Journey to Healing
12. Foundations of Virtual
Playrooms
13. Expressive Therapies in Teleplay
14. Nature Play Therapy and
Telehealth: How Green Time and Screen Time Play Well Together
15. The
Universe of You: Using Remote VR to Improve Psychoeducation Through Spatial
Presence, Attention Allocation, and Interaction Conclusion
Jessica Stone, PhD, RPT-S, is a licensed clinical psychologist and co-creator of the Virtual Sandtray®©. She is also an author, innovator, and speaker specializing in the therapeutic use of digital tools in therapy.