Play Therapy with Preteens - Paperback

by Eric Green (Editor), Jennifer N. Baggerly (Editor), Amie C. Myrick (Editor)

This book presents integrative models of play therapy that incorporate expressive arts and evidence-informed interventions when working with preadolescents from a play-based context. It covers play therapy with preadolescents, integrating expressive arts like music, movement, play, sand, and poetry into treatment, along with familial involvement.

Author Biography

Eric Green, PhD, LPC-S, RPT-S, SP, is a faculty associate at Johns Hopkins University's School of Education in Baltimore, Maryland, as well as the executive director of Better Options Initiative, a nonprofit located in Lafayette, Louisiana, which focuses on protecting children from parental conflict.

Jennifer Baggerly, PhD, LPC-S, RPT-S, is a professor of counseling and play therapy at the University of North Texas at Dallas. Baggerly also provides counseling and play therapy at Kaleidoscope Behavioral Health in Flower Mound, Texas. She served as chair of the board of directors for the Association for Play Therapy from 2013 to 2014 and was a member of the board from 2009 to 2015.

Amie Myrick, MS, LCPC, is the director of education and training at Family & Children's Services in Bel Air, Maryland, and a licensed professional counselor. She specializes in treating children, adolescents, and adults for anxiety as well as mood- and trauma-related disorders. She has been involved in trauma- and play-based research for the past fifteen years with more than twenty-five published peer-reviewed articles and book chapters.