Child Centered Play Therapy : A Clinical Session

Bring Garry Landreth into your classroom and let him demonstrate CCPT in action!

This DVD is a perfect complement to Play Therapy: The Art of the Relationship, giving students, instructors, supervisors, and practitioners visual reinforcement of the material presented in the text. It shows a complete and unrehearsed play therapy session, featuring Garry Landreth as he works with a young girl in a fully eqipped play therapy room.

The video illustrates the Child Centered Play Therapy approach by demonstrating The process of building a relationship with the child Following the child’s lead Facilitating the development of the child’s strengths Responding to accidents in the playroom Building a child’s self-esteem Returning responsibility to the child Participating in a child’s play without structuring Empowering the child Dealing with a child reluctant to leave the playroom Landreth provides audio commentary throughout to highlight key moments in the session and emphasize the basic principles of the child centered approach.

Viewers will find watching this master therapist and pioneer of play therapy to be a unique and valuable teaching and learning opportunity.