Puppet Play Therapy: A Practical Guidebook

Puppet Play Therapy offers a thorough overview of the therapeutic powers of play through the use of puppets. This book fills a significant gap in the literature and focuses on practical guidelines for puppet use in play therapy. It highlights assessment, puppet skills, specific theoretical approaches, and special techniques. This book is an essential addition to the play therapy practitioner's library!

Lorri Yasenik PhD, CPT-S, RPT-S, codirector of Rocky Mountain Play Therapy Institute, Calgary, Alberta, Candada

Puppets take on a voice of their own (really!), and this book helps you facilitate the development of that voice in your own playrooms. The authors present useful guides for selecting puppets and for using puppets in both directive and non-directive ways (and for integrating both!). Tips for working with several special populations are presented, giving readers the springboard to work with even more diverse clinical needs. Case examples pull the reader in to the clients' use of puppets, encouraging our desire to do so as well.

Linda E. Homeyer, PhD, LPC-S, RPT-S, professor, Professional Counseling Program, Texas State University

Edited by Drewes and Schaefer, leaders in the play therapy field, Puppet Play Therapy thoroughly explores and expands upon the use of puppets in clinical practice. Certain to be a valuable resource to those who employ puppets in their work, concise chapters provide information that covers theory, basic skills, and applications with special populations. Complete with case examples, readers will obtain a theoretically grounded, clinically sound understanding for ways puppets can help reduce symptoms and address problems. Without a doubt, this will be a standard reference for professionals using puppets in play therapy practice.

Sueann G. Kenney-Noziska, MSW, LCSW, RPT-S, president, Play Therapy Corner, Inc.

This book is a wonderful resource for play therapists. Puppets, central figures in any playroom, have appeared in numerous case studies and clinical discussions. Schaefer and Drewes at last give them top billing in this landmark volume. Cutting across orientations, and delving deeply into clinical and theoretical discussions, the chapters in this book offer an opportunity to fully appreciate the way we are able to use puppets to facilitate therapy and assessment in our work with children and their families.

Henry Kronengold, PhD, clinical supervisor, Clinical Psychology Program, City University of New York, and adjunct assistant professor of psychology and education, Teachers College, Columbia University