Creative Family Therapy Techniques: Play, Art, and Expressive Activities to Engage Children in Family Sessions Paperback – September 8, 2010

Children are often excluded from family therapy because many practitioners are at a loss of how to effectively engage them. The use of play and expressive arts activities in therapy facilitates the participation of all family members, and provides an innovative way to help families resolve complex problems. In Creative Family Therapy Techniques, practitioners from around the world share their favorite activities including therapeutic games, art, puppets, sandtray, stories, phototherapy, and psychodrama. These groundbreaking interventions will equip beginning and seasoned clinicians with tools and techniques to make family therapy sessions fun and effective. Divided into helpful sections, topics include: • Essential skills in family therapy • Techniques to join with each family member• Family assessment activities • Creative therapies to treat a wide range of family challenges • And more! This useful and practical resource provides a wealth of interventions to address a variety of issues that families may present with, such as child/parent conflicts, abuse, domestic violence, divorce, death and loss, alcohol abuse, adoption, eating disorders, depression, gender and sexuality. See Liana Lowenstein’s other books, which present more engaging and practical techniques. For free mental health resources including an eBook, article library, and links to Liana Lowenstein’s innovative webinars and workshops, visit: www.lianalowenstein.com Read more