Creative Therapy with Children & Adolescents (Practical Therapist) [Hardcover]

Angela Hobday (Author), Kate Ollier (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1999 | Series: Practical Therapist

Over 100 activities that can be used in working with children, adolescents, and families. Encourages creativity in therapy and assists therapists in talking with children to facilitate change. From simple ideas to fresh innovations, the activities are designed to be used as tools to supplement a variety of therapeutic approaches, and can be tailored to each child's needs. Therapists will find practical help in gaining rapport with clients who find it difficult to talk about feelings and experiences.

Each activity is categorized according to the child's needs or the purpose of the activity, and cross-referenced by problem, activity, and by the features of each game/exercise.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 192 pages
• Publisher: Impact Publishers; 1 edition (January 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1886230196
• ISBN-13: 978-1886230194
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.3 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #333,539 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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121 of 122 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hidden gem, April 15, 2001

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This review is from: Creative Therapy with Children & Adolescents (Practical Therapist) (Hardcover)

Creative therapies have long been used in Britain and have achieved wider recognition, acceptance and status than they have in the USA. We can all learn from this book! The authors have a cognitive behavioral theoretical orientation, but since activities are geared towards children and adolescents to 16, the family systems approach is taken into consideration. However, any therapist can mold the exercises to fit within their theoretical model. The chapters are progressive, with the first devoted to "Getting to know You", exercises to use in establishing rapport with the child, as well as use as an aid in assessment. The 5th chapter is titled "Learning New Skills" and the 10th or last, deals with reviewing the progress the child has made. All worksheets etc, are copyright free, and a creative therapist will be able to eliven the exercises with their own unique twist. Exercises have fun and catchy names like 'Through the Rainforest', 'Shuddering Snakes and Likeable Ladders'and 'The conquering Soldier'...what child wouldn't delight in playing one of these games? Not only can these 'games' be used in school counseling settings, but will enliven any private practice.

133 of 136 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Creative Therapy with Children & Adolescents, September 15, 2002

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Jessica L. Held (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Creative Therapy with Children & Adolescents (Practical Therapist) (Hardcover)

I have used this book for over two years now. The book comes with many great ideas for therapeutic interventions. However, many of the exercises suggest that you refer to certain stories or activity sheets that are not in this book. (You must purchase an additional book to use with this one.) I would have preferred if this book had clearly stated on the cover that it needs to be in conjunction with another one. I still have not found the other book that this one refers to!

53 of 54 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A hit with the kids and the therapist, September 6, 2001

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K. Kircher (United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Creative Therapy with Children & Adolescents (Practical Therapist) (Hardcover)

Creative Therapy With Children & Adolescents has been of great assistance in my practice. The activities in this book has helped me to bridge some of the gap that standard conversational therapy or 'therapy' games have not. I found it especially helpful that each activity has a target therapuetic outcome. There are also variations listed that can be used with younger or lower functioning children. The children seem to enjoy the activities as well - It seems less like therapy and more like playing, but allowing them to work through sensative issues.