1st Edition

Play Therapy Supervision A Practical Guide to Models and Best Practices

Edited By Staci L. Born, Casey E. Baker Copyright 2023
266 Pages 9 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

266 Pages 9 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

266 Pages 9 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Play therapy is one of the fastest-growing specialty areas in mental health. Understanding the skills, knowledge, and strategies that make play therapy supervision effective is essential in supporting the integrity and needs of a thriving field. Play Therapy Supervision: A Practical Guide to Models and Best Practices is an all-encompassing play therapy supervision compendium. In these pages,... Read more

SECTION 1: The Foundation

1 History and Overview of Play Therapy Supervision
CASEY BAKER

2 Cultural Humility and Social Justice in Play Therapy Supervision
LATRICE L. DOWTIN

3 Models of Clinical Supervision in Play Therapy Supervision 
STACI BORN, NAOMI TIMM-DAVIS, AND EMILY GISLASON

4 Best Practices and Ethical Considerations in Play Therapy Supervision
CARRIE LONGEST

SECTION 2: The Process

5 Building the Play Therapy Supervisory Relationship: Utilizing the Therapeutic Powers of Play Can Support Effective Supervision
KENISHA W. GORDON

6 Delivering Play Therapy Supervision: Function, feedback, and formats
LYNN O’BRIEN

7 Evaluation in Play Therapy Supervision
CORIE SCHOENEBERG AND RENEE TURNER

8 Play Therapy Issues in Supervision
REBEKAH BYRD AND YUMIKO OGAWA

SECTION 3: Special Topics

9 Technology in Play Therapy Supervision
EDWARD (FRANC) HUDSPETH

10 School-Based Play Therapy Supervision
AMANDA WINBURN AND KENYA G. BLEDSOE

11 Touch Considerations in Infant and Early Childhood Play Therapy Reflective Supervision
JANET A. COURTNEY

SECTION 4: Playful Supervision Strategies

12 Sandtray Techniques in Play Therapy Supervision
CRYSTAL BRASHEAR, DONNA HICKMAN, REBECCA MATHEWS, AND NANCY THOMAS

13 Supporting Self-Compassion in Play Therapist Supervision
STACI BORN AND CHARLOTTE HECKMANN

14 Mindfulness-Based Techniques in Play Therapy Supervision
MICHELLE M. PLISKE

15 Art and Movement in Play Therapy Supervision: Working Through Inevitable Trauma Stuckness
SARAH D. STAUFFER AND MICHELLE M. PLISKE

16 Virtual Reality and Supervision
JESSICA STONE

 

Biography

Staci L. Born, EdD, LMFT, RPT-S, is an associate professor of counseling in the School of Education, Counseling, and Human Development at South Dakota State University.

Casey E. Baker, EdD, LMHC, RPT-S, is core faculty in the School of Social and Behavioral Sciences at Capella University.