Strategic Family Play Therapy

THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS. Family Dysfunction. Make-Believe Play. Therapeutic Properties of Make-Believe Play. ASSESSMENT THROUGH OBSERVATIONS OF FAMILY MAKE-BELIEVE PLAY. The Purpose and Nature of Assessment. Preparations for the Assessment. Recording and Transcribing the Observations. Microscopic Analysis of Transcribed Observations. Macroscopic Analysis: Unmasking the Dysfunctional Family Programs. PLANNING THE WHOLE THERAPY AND INDIVIDUAL SESSIONS. Planning a Strategy for the Whole Therapy. Strategic Family Play Therapeutic Tactics. CARRYING OUT THE THERAPY. The Relationship Between a Tactic and Its Execution. Some Types of Strategic Family Play Therapeutic Moves. THE THERAPEUTIC PROCESS AND ITS GENERAL STRUCTURE. Generalization and Transfer from the Session to the Family2s Reality. Changes Between Sessions. Termination. Epilogue. Appendices. References. Index.Ariel, S. is the author of 'Strategic Family Play Therapy', published 1992 under ISBN 9780471924012 and ISBN 0471924016.