Must read for the field, but VERY outdated | Play Therapy

I liked Dibs better | Play Therapy | Virginia M. Axline

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	• Play Therapy Virginia M. Axline Churchill Livingstone, 1989 - 360 pages average customer review:based on 7 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

A classic book in the field.

It was good to read this book. When I was doing play therapy as a counselor I used this book in my work. It doesn't tell the whole story of how to do play therapy, but it is a good addition.

Must read for the field, but VERY outdated

This book is groundbreaker for play therapy the way Frued is the groundbreaker for psychology. It gives the basics of play therapy, several case studies and lists of useful supplies. However, when you read this book you can tell how old it is by both the language used and situations presented. For example, Axline describes a young male paient who played with a doll but said he wasn't the "sissy type." There is another excerpt in which an orphan patient painted his arms brown, extended his arms to Axline and asked "Take a little nigger home?" I was absolutely APPALLED by some of this sexist and racist language, but I suppose this was the norm in the time period. There are also allusions to the children playing war games relating it to WW2. Despite the changes in time there are still many children's games such as sand play, puppets, dolls, etc that have not changed, so some stuff is still applicable. This is a great book and must read for those hoping to use play therapy, but it will leave you wanting some more modern guidance as well.

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I liked Dibs better

Every person int in play therapy should read this book as it's a classic, but for tech the 101 play therapy book is better. to see playtherapy ina ction I'd recomend Dibs in search of self.

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Excellent!

Axline's book is a "must read" for persons interested in play therapy. I have used her book along with the text while teaching at the university level. Her book provides the reader with case studies and practical information. Her writing style is intelligible as well as technical-a rare find!

easy read

Easy read but a bit redundant in its explinations. The writing sounds like she is talking to you and is not as formal in language as other psychology books. Although it is dated the information within the book is useful for work being done today in this area.

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"The most brilliant and intuitive, as well as the clearest written, work in this field. It is unpretentious yet clearly the most authoritative work that has been published."
NORMAN CAMERON, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychiatry
Yale University School of Medicine
Here is an intensely practical book that gives specific illustrations of how therapy can be implemented in play contacts, and tells how the toys of the playroom can be vivid performers and aids in growth. As she did with DIBS IN SEARCH OF SELF, Dr. Axline has taken true case histories from the rich mine of verbatim case material of children referred for play therapy, choosing children ranging in age, problem, and personality. It's all here in an important and rewarding book for parents, teachers, and anyone who comes in contact with children.

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