Author: Blush Design
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781098549015
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 70
Book Description
When words fail, music speaks. Put good vibes and motivation back into your day with this coloring book for adults. It includes a variety of music designs to make your life more relaxed and enjoyable. You don't need any special skills. Even if you haven't drawn anything, ever, you will enjoy coloring in this booklet. Let your inner artist out. Guaranteed hours of pleasure, relaxation and relief from stress. Each drawing is on a separate page, so you can share. This coloring book is the perfect gift for friends, family, and anyone else you love. Join us in this special journey! It will inspire you and introduce you to the hidden artist found in all of us. Why You Will Absolutely Love this Book Relaxing Coloring Pages. Every page you color will pull you into a relaxing world where your responsibilities will seem to fade away... Beautiful Illustrations. We've included 30 unique images for you to express your creativity and make masterpieces. You can use markers, gel pens, pencils and watercolors. Everything goes! Single-sided Pages. All drawings are single sided to reduce the bleed-through problem found in other coloring books Great for All Skill Levels. It matches perfectly to your skill level & coloring experience, as it's suitable for beginners and experts About Blush Design 50+ Coloring Books. Explore the entire Blush Design catalog and find an amazing book for your next coloring adventure. As a Blush Design fan, you have access to books in a variety of popular themes, including animals, Funny quotes, fantasy, inspirational, and so much more! 1000+ 5-star Amazon Reviews. Blush Design is one of the most loved coloring book brands and a frequent bestseller on Amazon. When you buy a Blush Design coloring book, you know it's a Coloring book you'll love Buy Now & Relax... Scroll to the top of this page and click the Add to Cart button. Know someone who loves to color? Make them smile by getting them a copy too! Coloring books make wonderful gifts. Which gifts will you need soon? Buy now and have your gifts ready in advance. Coloring books are great for any holiday or special occasion. Christmas Gifts, Stocking Stuffers Easter Baskets, Gift Bags Family Vacations & Travel Birthday & Anniversary Presents Valentine's Day, Mother's Day White elephant party, Yankee swap gift exchange, secret Santa gag gift
Music on World Off: Adult Coloring Book
Author: Blush Design
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781098549015
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 70
Book Description
When words fail, music speaks. Put good vibes and motivation back into your day with this coloring book for adults. It includes a variety of music designs to make your life more relaxed and enjoyable. You don't need any special skills. Even if you haven't drawn anything, ever, you will enjoy coloring in this booklet. Let your inner artist out. Guaranteed hours of pleasure, relaxation and relief from stress. Each drawing is on a separate page, so you can share. This coloring book is the perfect gift for friends, family, and anyone else you love. Join us in this special journey! It will inspire you and introduce you to the hidden artist found in all of us. Why You Will Absolutely Love this Book Relaxing Coloring Pages. Every page you color will pull you into a relaxing world where your responsibilities will seem to fade away... Beautiful Illustrations. We've included 30 unique images for you to express your creativity and make masterpieces. You can use markers, gel pens, pencils and watercolors. Everything goes! Single-sided Pages. All drawings are single sided to reduce the bleed-through problem found in other coloring books Great for All Skill Levels. It matches perfectly to your skill level & coloring experience, as it's suitable for beginners and experts About Blush Design 50+ Coloring Books. Explore the entire Blush Design catalog and find an amazing book for your next coloring adventure. As a Blush Design fan, you have access to books in a variety of popular themes, including animals, Funny quotes, fantasy, inspirational, and so much more! 1000+ 5-star Amazon Reviews. Blush Design is one of the most loved coloring book brands and a frequent bestseller on Amazon. When you buy a Blush Design coloring book, you know it's a Coloring book you'll love Buy Now & Relax... Scroll to the top of this page and click the Add to Cart button. Know someone who loves to color? Make them smile by getting them a copy too! Coloring books make wonderful gifts. Which gifts will you need soon? Buy now and have your gifts ready in advance. Coloring books are great for any holiday or special occasion. Christmas Gifts, Stocking Stuffers Easter Baskets, Gift Bags Family Vacations & Travel Birthday & Anniversary Presents Valentine's Day, Mother's Day White elephant party, Yankee swap gift exchange, secret Santa gag gift
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781098549015
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 70
Book Description
When words fail, music speaks. Put good vibes and motivation back into your day with this coloring book for adults. It includes a variety of music designs to make your life more relaxed and enjoyable. You don't need any special skills. Even if you haven't drawn anything, ever, you will enjoy coloring in this booklet. Let your inner artist out. Guaranteed hours of pleasure, relaxation and relief from stress. Each drawing is on a separate page, so you can share. This coloring book is the perfect gift for friends, family, and anyone else you love. Join us in this special journey! It will inspire you and introduce you to the hidden artist found in all of us. Why You Will Absolutely Love this Book Relaxing Coloring Pages. Every page you color will pull you into a relaxing world where your responsibilities will seem to fade away... Beautiful Illustrations. We've included 30 unique images for you to express your creativity and make masterpieces. You can use markers, gel pens, pencils and watercolors. Everything goes! Single-sided Pages. All drawings are single sided to reduce the bleed-through problem found in other coloring books Great for All Skill Levels. It matches perfectly to your skill level & coloring experience, as it's suitable for beginners and experts About Blush Design 50+ Coloring Books. Explore the entire Blush Design catalog and find an amazing book for your next coloring adventure. As a Blush Design fan, you have access to books in a variety of popular themes, including animals, Funny quotes, fantasy, inspirational, and so much more! 1000+ 5-star Amazon Reviews. Blush Design is one of the most loved coloring book brands and a frequent bestseller on Amazon. When you buy a Blush Design coloring book, you know it's a Coloring book you'll love Buy Now & Relax... Scroll to the top of this page and click the Add to Cart button. Know someone who loves to color? Make them smile by getting them a copy too! Coloring books make wonderful gifts. Which gifts will you need soon? Buy now and have your gifts ready in advance. Coloring books are great for any holiday or special occasion. Christmas Gifts, Stocking Stuffers Easter Baskets, Gift Bags Family Vacations & Travel Birthday & Anniversary Presents Valentine's Day, Mother's Day White elephant party, Yankee swap gift exchange, secret Santa gag gift
Listen to Pop!
Author: James E. Perone
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 245
Book Description
Listen to Pop! discusses the evolution of pop music in America from the 1950s to the present, diving into its impact on American culture, particularly through its association with television, and its enduring legacy. Listen to Pop!: Exploring a Musical Genre provides readers with an overview and a history of the pop music genre. The bulk of the book is devoted to analysis of 50 must-hear musical examples, which include artists, songs, and albums. Additionally, the book contains chapters that analyze the impact of pop music on American popular culture and the legacy of pop music, including how the music is used today in film and television soundtracks and in television commercials. The book deals with all of the various subgenres of pop music from the 1950s to the present. The selection of material discussed reflects the artists, songs, and albums topping the pop music charts of the period, and while the volume examines these items individually, it also discusses how our definition of pop music has evolved over the decades. This combination of detailed examination of specific songs, albums, and artists and discussion of background, legacy, and impact distinguishes it from other books on the subject and make it a vital reference and interesting read for all readers and music aficionados.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 245
Book Description
Listen to Pop! discusses the evolution of pop music in America from the 1950s to the present, diving into its impact on American culture, particularly through its association with television, and its enduring legacy. Listen to Pop!: Exploring a Musical Genre provides readers with an overview and a history of the pop music genre. The bulk of the book is devoted to analysis of 50 must-hear musical examples, which include artists, songs, and albums. Additionally, the book contains chapters that analyze the impact of pop music on American popular culture and the legacy of pop music, including how the music is used today in film and television soundtracks and in television commercials. The book deals with all of the various subgenres of pop music from the 1950s to the present. The selection of material discussed reflects the artists, songs, and albums topping the pop music charts of the period, and while the volume examines these items individually, it also discusses how our definition of pop music has evolved over the decades. This combination of detailed examination of specific songs, albums, and artists and discussion of background, legacy, and impact distinguishes it from other books on the subject and make it a vital reference and interesting read for all readers and music aficionados.
Popular Fads and Crazes through American History [2 volumes]
Author: Nancy Hendricks
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 804
Book Description
This informative two-volume set provides readers with an understanding of the fads and crazes that have taken America by storm from colonial times to the present. Entries cover a range of topics, including food, entertainment, fashion, music, and language. Why could hula hoops and TV westerns only have been found in every household in the 1950s? What murdered Russian princess can be seen in one of the first documented selfies, taken in 1914? This book answers those questions and more in its documentation of all of the most captivating trends that have defined American popular culture since before the country began. Entries are well-researched and alphabetized by decade. At the start of every section is an insightful historical overview of the decade, and the set uniquely illustrates what today's readers have in common with the past. It also contains a Glossary of Slang for each decade as well as a bibliography, plus suggestions for further reading for each entry. Students and readers interested in history will enjoy discovering trends through the years in such areas as fashion, movies, music, and sports.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 804
Book Description
This informative two-volume set provides readers with an understanding of the fads and crazes that have taken America by storm from colonial times to the present. Entries cover a range of topics, including food, entertainment, fashion, music, and language. Why could hula hoops and TV westerns only have been found in every household in the 1950s? What murdered Russian princess can be seen in one of the first documented selfies, taken in 1914? This book answers those questions and more in its documentation of all of the most captivating trends that have defined American popular culture since before the country began. Entries are well-researched and alphabetized by decade. At the start of every section is an insightful historical overview of the decade, and the set uniquely illustrates what today's readers have in common with the past. It also contains a Glossary of Slang for each decade as well as a bibliography, plus suggestions for further reading for each entry. Students and readers interested in history will enjoy discovering trends through the years in such areas as fashion, movies, music, and sports.
My Lovey-Dovey Wife is a Stone Cold Killer Vol. 6
Author: Donten Kosaka
Publisher: Seven Seas Entertainment
ISBN:
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Setsuna and her hubby find new ways to spend some free time together: watching movies, exercising, and even playing children's games. Later, "Boss" asks them to attend her school's Parent Day, since her parents are both too busy to come. Between these outings and Setsuna acquiring a new admirer who follows her everywhere, the couple's days together are busy!
Publisher: Seven Seas Entertainment
ISBN:
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Setsuna and her hubby find new ways to spend some free time together: watching movies, exercising, and even playing children's games. Later, "Boss" asks them to attend her school's Parent Day, since her parents are both too busy to come. Between these outings and Setsuna acquiring a new admirer who follows her everywhere, the couple's days together are busy!
Writer's Market 100th Edition
Author: Robert Lee Brewer
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0593332032
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 913
Book Description
The most trusted guide to getting published, fully revised and updated Want to get published and paid for your writing? Let Writer's Market, 100th edition guide you through the process. It's the ultimate reference with thousands of publishing opportunities for writers, listings for book publishers, consumer and trade magazines, contests and awards, and literary agents—as well as new playwriting and screenwriting sections, along with contact and submission information. Beyond the listings, you'll find articles devoted to the business and promotion of writing. Discover 20 literary agents actively seeking writers and their writing, how to develop an author brand, and overlooked funds for writers. This 100th edition also includes the ever-popular pay-rate chart and book publisher subject index. You'll gain access to: Thousands of updated listings for book publishers, magazines, contests, and literary agents Articles devoted to the business and promotion of writing A newly revised "How Much Should I Charge?" pay rate chart Sample query letters for fiction and nonfiction Lists of professional writing organizations
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0593332032
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 913
Book Description
The most trusted guide to getting published, fully revised and updated Want to get published and paid for your writing? Let Writer's Market, 100th edition guide you through the process. It's the ultimate reference with thousands of publishing opportunities for writers, listings for book publishers, consumer and trade magazines, contests and awards, and literary agents—as well as new playwriting and screenwriting sections, along with contact and submission information. Beyond the listings, you'll find articles devoted to the business and promotion of writing. Discover 20 literary agents actively seeking writers and their writing, how to develop an author brand, and overlooked funds for writers. This 100th edition also includes the ever-popular pay-rate chart and book publisher subject index. You'll gain access to: Thousands of updated listings for book publishers, magazines, contests, and literary agents Articles devoted to the business and promotion of writing A newly revised "How Much Should I Charge?" pay rate chart Sample query letters for fiction and nonfiction Lists of professional writing organizations
Beyond Overwhelmed
Author: David Christiansen
Publisher: ClarityPeak Publishing
ISBN: 3911416024
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Unleash Your Inner Strength: A Guide to Transformative Living Are you feeling overwhelmed by the relentless pace of your career and personal life, finding it tough to stay connected and balanced? This book is your pathway to cultivating deep, meaningful connections and discovering a calm within the chaos. Immerse yourself in practices that enhance your well-being, empower your relationships, and foster a thriving work environment. Through mindfulness and self-compassion, learn to navigate daily stresses with ease, ensuring each day contributes to your purposeful existence. Discover how to set healthy boundaries, enhance your emotional intelligence, and embrace the growth that comes from every life challenge. This book is an essential guide to not just surviving but thriving amid life’s complexities. Inside, You’ll Find: • Techniques to anchor yourself in the present and appreciate the ‘now’, enhancing every aspect of your day-to-day life. • Steps to identify your core values and align your actions, creating a life that resonates deeply with your true self. • Proven methods to reduce stress, manage time efficiently, and nurture your mental and emotional health. • Build supportive relationships and create a harmonious work environment. • Celebrate your achievements and strive for continuous growth. Take the first step towards a more empowered and purposeful life today. Immerse yourself in transformative practices that align with your true values. Don’t just dream about a better life—live it every single day.
Publisher: ClarityPeak Publishing
ISBN: 3911416024
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Unleash Your Inner Strength: A Guide to Transformative Living Are you feeling overwhelmed by the relentless pace of your career and personal life, finding it tough to stay connected and balanced? This book is your pathway to cultivating deep, meaningful connections and discovering a calm within the chaos. Immerse yourself in practices that enhance your well-being, empower your relationships, and foster a thriving work environment. Through mindfulness and self-compassion, learn to navigate daily stresses with ease, ensuring each day contributes to your purposeful existence. Discover how to set healthy boundaries, enhance your emotional intelligence, and embrace the growth that comes from every life challenge. This book is an essential guide to not just surviving but thriving amid life’s complexities. Inside, You’ll Find: • Techniques to anchor yourself in the present and appreciate the ‘now’, enhancing every aspect of your day-to-day life. • Steps to identify your core values and align your actions, creating a life that resonates deeply with your true self. • Proven methods to reduce stress, manage time efficiently, and nurture your mental and emotional health. • Build supportive relationships and create a harmonious work environment. • Celebrate your achievements and strive for continuous growth. Take the first step towards a more empowered and purposeful life today. Immerse yourself in transformative practices that align with your true values. Don’t just dream about a better life—live it every single day.
Hope in the Hard Places
Author: Sarah Beckman
Publisher: Morgan James Publishing
ISBN: 1642791040
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Hope in the Hard Places is a practical, encouraging guidebook for the weary soul looking for hope in dark circumstances. In this life, everyone must face trials. Cancer, chronic illness, loss of a loved one, divorce, depression, prodigal children, caring for aging parents, and other unknown terrains can cause people to feel hopeless and helpless. For those who feel like they don’t know where to turn, Hope in the Hard Places equips readers to walk through their trial with hope rather than desperation. Sarah Beckman, a speaker and author, teaches effective and powerful ways to get through the pain with biblical truths and principles. She also includes insight from others who have experienced all manner of trials. Packed with practical strategies, checklists, encouragement, wisdom from seasoned travelers, and rock-solid biblical truth, Hope in the Hard Places provides a beacon of hope in the darkness so that readers can walk through the depths of hardship with insight, dignity, and certainty.
Publisher: Morgan James Publishing
ISBN: 1642791040
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Hope in the Hard Places is a practical, encouraging guidebook for the weary soul looking for hope in dark circumstances. In this life, everyone must face trials. Cancer, chronic illness, loss of a loved one, divorce, depression, prodigal children, caring for aging parents, and other unknown terrains can cause people to feel hopeless and helpless. For those who feel like they don’t know where to turn, Hope in the Hard Places equips readers to walk through their trial with hope rather than desperation. Sarah Beckman, a speaker and author, teaches effective and powerful ways to get through the pain with biblical truths and principles. She also includes insight from others who have experienced all manner of trials. Packed with practical strategies, checklists, encouragement, wisdom from seasoned travelers, and rock-solid biblical truth, Hope in the Hard Places provides a beacon of hope in the darkness so that readers can walk through the depths of hardship with insight, dignity, and certainty.
When Best Friends Aren't Forever
Author: Kristen Reed
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 73
Book Description
In When Best Friends Aren’t Forever, Kristen Reed offers a transformative, faith-based approach to navigating the complex emotions of a friendship breakup. This four-week guide blends personal stories with biblical wisdom, helping women of all ages find spiritual solace and growth amidst the pain of losing a close friendship. Each week features convicting Scripture, introspective readings, heart-check moments, and Sabbath-inspired self-care activities—all designed to help you progress from hurt to healing. Reed's compassionate voice, coupled with practical Scripture and daily applications, keeps God at the center of your journey from pain to peace.
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 73
Book Description
In When Best Friends Aren’t Forever, Kristen Reed offers a transformative, faith-based approach to navigating the complex emotions of a friendship breakup. This four-week guide blends personal stories with biblical wisdom, helping women of all ages find spiritual solace and growth amidst the pain of losing a close friendship. Each week features convicting Scripture, introspective readings, heart-check moments, and Sabbath-inspired self-care activities—all designed to help you progress from hurt to healing. Reed's compassionate voice, coupled with practical Scripture and daily applications, keeps God at the center of your journey from pain to peace.
Color Your Music
Author: Elizabeth Bank
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781530515424
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
In this volume of the Color Your... series, feel free to bring your musical muse coloring! Mandals are soothing and inspirational, perfect to keep creativity and music flowing. On one side of each page, there is a mandala to color and on the other, blank staff lines for you to jot any chords, notes, or lyrics that come to mind. This book is meant for you to enjoy, to help you de-stress, and to stimulate your imagination. With fifty mandalas to choose from, the inspiration may never stop! Hours of coloring and composing fun await you, so come Color Your Music!
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781530515424
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
In this volume of the Color Your... series, feel free to bring your musical muse coloring! Mandals are soothing and inspirational, perfect to keep creativity and music flowing. On one side of each page, there is a mandala to color and on the other, blank staff lines for you to jot any chords, notes, or lyrics that come to mind. This book is meant for you to enjoy, to help you de-stress, and to stimulate your imagination. With fifty mandalas to choose from, the inspiration may never stop! Hours of coloring and composing fun await you, so come Color Your Music!
Handbook of Play Therapy, Advances and Innovations
Author: Kevin J. O'Connor
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 9780471584636
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
In the decade since its publication, Handbook of Play Therapy has attained the status of a classic in the field. Writing in the most glowing terms, enthusiastic reviewers in North America and abroad hailed that book as "an excellent resource for workers in all disciplines concerned with children's mental health" (Contemporary Psychology). Now, in this companion volume, editors Kevin O'Connor and Charles Schaefer continue the important work they began in their 1984 classic, bringing readers an in-depth look at state-of-the-art play therapy practices and principles. While it updates readers on significant advances in sand play diagnosis, theraplay, group play, and other well-known approaches, Volume Two also covers important adaptations of play therapy to client populations such as the elderly, and new applications of play therapeutic methods such as in the assessment of sexually abused children. Featuring contributions by twenty leading authorities from psychology, social work, psychiatry, psychoanalysis, and other related disciplines, Handbook of Play Therapy, Volume two draws on clinical and research material previously scattered throughout the professional literature and organizes it into four main sections for easy reference: Theoretical approaches— including Adlerian, cognitive, behavioral, gestalt, and control theory approaches as well as family, ecosystem, and others Developmental adaptations— covers ground-breaking new adaptations for adolescents, adults, and the elderly Methods and techniques— explores advances in traditional techniques such as sand play, Jungian play therapy, and art therapy, and examines other new, high-tech play therapies Applications— reports on therapeutic applications for psychic trauma, sex abuse, cancer patients, psychotics, and many others The companion volume to the celebrated classic in the field, Handbook of Play Therapy, Volume Two is an indispensable resource for play therapists, child psychologists and psychiatrists, school counselors and psychologists, and all mental health professionals. HANDBOOK OF PLAY THERAPY Edited by Charles E. Schaefer and Kevin J. O'Connor ". . . an excellent primary text for upper level students, and a valuable resource for practitioners in the field of child psychotherapy."— American Journal of Mental Deficiency ". . . a thorough, thoughtful, and theoretically sound compilation of much of the accumulated knowledge. . . . Like a well-executed stained-glass window that yields beauty and many shades of light through an integrated whole, so too this book synthesizes and reveals many creative facets of this important area of practice."— Social Work in Education 1983 (0-471-09462-5) 489 pp. THE PLAY THERAPY PRIMER Kevin J. O'Connor The Play Therapy Primer covers the impact of personal values and beliefs on therapeutic work, and provides a detailed description of the process preceding the beginning of therapy. It then offers guidelines and strategies for developing treatment plans respective of the various phases of therapy, including specific in-session techniques, modifications for different ages, transference considerations, and the termination and follow-up of clinical cases. 1991 (0-471-52543-X) 371 pp. PLAY DIAGNOSIS AND ASSESSMENT Edited by Charles E. Schaefer, Karen Gitlin, and Alice Sandgrund The first and only book to fully explore the assessment potential of play evaluation, this book offers an impressive array of papers by nearly fifty authorities in the field. Following a logical progression, it is divided into six parts covering the full range of practical and theoretical concerns, including developmental play scales for normal children from preschool to adolescence; diagnostic play scales including those for the evaluation of children with a variety of cognitive, behavioral, and/or emotional disorders; parent/child interaction play scales; projective play techniques; and scales for assessing a child's behavior during play therapy. 1991 (0-471-62166-8) 718 pp. GAME PLAY Edited by Charles E. Schaefer and Steven E. Reid This important work highlights the psychological significance of using games to assess and treat various childhood disorders. In chapters written by leading authorities, it examines the content of various types of games and provides theoretical approaches, techniques, and practical guidelines for applying games to play therapy with children. Case histories demonstrate the use of game play with childhood problems ranging from hyperactivity to divorce counseling and juvenile delinquency. 1986 (0-471-81972-7) 349 pp.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 9780471584636
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
In the decade since its publication, Handbook of Play Therapy has attained the status of a classic in the field. Writing in the most glowing terms, enthusiastic reviewers in North America and abroad hailed that book as "an excellent resource for workers in all disciplines concerned with children's mental health" (Contemporary Psychology). Now, in this companion volume, editors Kevin O'Connor and Charles Schaefer continue the important work they began in their 1984 classic, bringing readers an in-depth look at state-of-the-art play therapy practices and principles. While it updates readers on significant advances in sand play diagnosis, theraplay, group play, and other well-known approaches, Volume Two also covers important adaptations of play therapy to client populations such as the elderly, and new applications of play therapeutic methods such as in the assessment of sexually abused children. Featuring contributions by twenty leading authorities from psychology, social work, psychiatry, psychoanalysis, and other related disciplines, Handbook of Play Therapy, Volume two draws on clinical and research material previously scattered throughout the professional literature and organizes it into four main sections for easy reference: Theoretical approaches— including Adlerian, cognitive, behavioral, gestalt, and control theory approaches as well as family, ecosystem, and others Developmental adaptations— covers ground-breaking new adaptations for adolescents, adults, and the elderly Methods and techniques— explores advances in traditional techniques such as sand play, Jungian play therapy, and art therapy, and examines other new, high-tech play therapies Applications— reports on therapeutic applications for psychic trauma, sex abuse, cancer patients, psychotics, and many others The companion volume to the celebrated classic in the field, Handbook of Play Therapy, Volume Two is an indispensable resource for play therapists, child psychologists and psychiatrists, school counselors and psychologists, and all mental health professionals. HANDBOOK OF PLAY THERAPY Edited by Charles E. Schaefer and Kevin J. O'Connor ". . . an excellent primary text for upper level students, and a valuable resource for practitioners in the field of child psychotherapy."— American Journal of Mental Deficiency ". . . a thorough, thoughtful, and theoretically sound compilation of much of the accumulated knowledge. . . . Like a well-executed stained-glass window that yields beauty and many shades of light through an integrated whole, so too this book synthesizes and reveals many creative facets of this important area of practice."— Social Work in Education 1983 (0-471-09462-5) 489 pp. THE PLAY THERAPY PRIMER Kevin J. O'Connor The Play Therapy Primer covers the impact of personal values and beliefs on therapeutic work, and provides a detailed description of the process preceding the beginning of therapy. It then offers guidelines and strategies for developing treatment plans respective of the various phases of therapy, including specific in-session techniques, modifications for different ages, transference considerations, and the termination and follow-up of clinical cases. 1991 (0-471-52543-X) 371 pp. PLAY DIAGNOSIS AND ASSESSMENT Edited by Charles E. Schaefer, Karen Gitlin, and Alice Sandgrund The first and only book to fully explore the assessment potential of play evaluation, this book offers an impressive array of papers by nearly fifty authorities in the field. Following a logical progression, it is divided into six parts covering the full range of practical and theoretical concerns, including developmental play scales for normal children from preschool to adolescence; diagnostic play scales including those for the evaluation of children with a variety of cognitive, behavioral, and/or emotional disorders; parent/child interaction play scales; projective play techniques; and scales for assessing a child's behavior during play therapy. 1991 (0-471-62166-8) 718 pp. GAME PLAY Edited by Charles E. Schaefer and Steven E. Reid This important work highlights the psychological significance of using games to assess and treat various childhood disorders. In chapters written by leading authorities, it examines the content of various types of games and provides theoretical approaches, techniques, and practical guidelines for applying games to play therapy with children. Case histories demonstrate the use of game play with childhood problems ranging from hyperactivity to divorce counseling and juvenile delinquency. 1986 (0-471-81972-7) 349 pp.