Description
Product ID: | 9781138638532 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Title: | Touch in Child Counseling and Play Therapy |
Subtitle: | An Ethical and Clinical Guide |
Authors: | Author: Janet A. Courtney, Robert D. Nolan |
Page Count: | 238 |
Subjects: | Social counselling and advice services, Counselling & advice services, Psychotherapy, Creative therapy / Expressive therapies, Psychotherapy, Creative therapy (eg art, music, drama) |
Description: | Select Guide Rating Touch in Child Counseling and Play Therapy explores the professional and legal boundaries around physical contact in therapy and offers best-practice guidelines from a variety of perspectives. Touch in Child Counseling and Play Therapy explores the professional and legal boundaries around physical contact in therapy and offers best-practice guidelines from a variety of perspectives. Chapters address issues around appropriate and sensitive therapist-initiated touch, therapeutic approaches that use touch as an intervention in child treatment, and both positive and challenging forms of touch that are initiated by children. In these pages, professionals and students alike will find valuable information on ways to address potential ethical dilemmas, including defining boundaries, working with parents and guardians, documentation, consent forms, cultural considerations, countertransference, and much more. |
Imprint Name: | Routledge |
Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2017-02-27 |