Theraplay 3e: Helping Parents and Children Build Better Relationships Through Attachment-Based Play

All in good order and arrived perfectly on time for me to take it on a training course.

I had some idea about Theraplay previously but have found this book very easy to read and so far helpful. I am not a professional but feel I could easily use some of the pay techniques on my daughter.

This is a really useful book for all parents, practitioners and people working with families. Useful ideas, excellent information and really readable

We were recommended this book by our adoption agency as a good start to understanding theraplay techniques. Whilst it manages to convey the fun playful approach needed to engage and connect with traumatised children, much of the book is not aimed at parents. In fact much of the book is preoccupied with the setting up and organising of formal therapy sessions and is not relevant to everyday parents in the home. Furthermore, its attitude towards parents often seems to make them seem secondary to the therapist, implying that the childs most important relationship should be with the therapist not the parent. As an adoptive parent and professional who has worked with traumatised children for the last ten years I also found its 'mirical healing' promises somewhat far fetched. I do not dispute that many children can be reached through play therapy, but suggesting that they are 'cured' of their attachment disorders after a few hour long therapy sessions is unbelievable. Read it by all means, but don't let it be all you read on the subject and don't take it too literally.

very interesting read. Useful for professionals working in this area of attachment.

Very good read

Great product; great service. Thank you.

very useful