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The impressive list of expert contributors in the fields of play therapy and infant mental health cover a wide range of early intervention play-based models and topics. Chapters explore areas including: neurobiology, developmental trauma, parent-infant attachment relationships, neurosensory play, affective touch, grief and loss, perinatal depression, adoption, autism, domestic violence, sociocultural factors, and more. Chapter case studies highlight leading approaches and offer techniques to provide a comprehensive understanding of both play therapy and the ways we understand and recognize the therapeutic role of play with infants.
In these pages professionals and students alike will find valuable clinical resources to bring healing to family systems with young children.
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Janet A. Courtney, PhD, RPT-S is founder of FirstPlay Therapy® and editor of Touch in Child Counseling and Play Therapy: An Ethical and Clinical Guide. She is an internationally recognized author and trainer specializing in infant mental health, developmental trauma, therapeutic storytelling and expressive, nature and somatic play therapies.
