McCarthy, Dennis,  1951- <br/><br/>
A manual of dynamic play therapy :  helping things fall apart, the paradox of play / 
Dennis McCarthy. 
 - 173 pages :  illustrations ;  24 cm 
<br/><br/> Foreword by David Crenshaw, Ph.D. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pges165-166) and index. 
<br/><br/>Invoking the spirit of play -- Paradox, the essence of play therapy -- The roles of the therapist - -- Witnessing, containing, provoking, envisioning -- Synchrony and mirroring -- Imaginative play -- The meaning and necessity of symbol -- Symbols as vehicles of emotion -- Sand as vehicle for symbols -- Aggressive play -- The function and necessity of aggression -- Aggression and connection to selfonsters -- Aggression and connection to others -- Play materials that facilitate healthy aggression -- Helping things fall apart -- The mythological perspective -- The natural world as evidence. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781849058797 (paperback) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Play therapy<br/>Child development
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>618.92891653