{"product_id":"counseling-children-through-the-world-of-play-9780842303071","title":"Counseling Children Through the World of Play","description":"\u003cp\u003eChildren in todays world sometimes undergo traumatic experiences  such as abuse  divorce of parents  loss of a loved one  school problems. Even trained counselors struggle to find ways to help children process their hurts. This book offers a soundly integrated approach that helps counselors enter the childs world--the world of play--to help them heal. Through play-therapy relationships  counselors  social workers  and other childrens workers can help children say with toys what they have difficulty saying with words. Toys become the play therapists tools to help unlock the healing process for the wounded child. Daniel S. Sweeney  Ph.D.  L.P.C.  M.F.C.C.  R.P.T.-S  former assistant director of the Center for Play Therapy at the University of North Texas  is now an assistant professor of counseling at George Fox University in Portland  Oregon. Dr. Sweeney has extensive experience working with children and families in his private practice as well as in the settings of therapeutic foster care  community mental health  and pastoral counseling. Sweeney has presented workshops on play therapy  filial therapy  and sandplay at numerous state and national conferences. He has written several articles about play-therapy issues and is the coathor (with Dr. Garry L. Landreth) of Play Therapy Interventions with Childrens Problems. Daniel and his wife  Marla  have four children and live in Newberg  Oregon.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45648159998005,"sku":"ByrdShop_0842303073","price":38.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780842303071.jpg?v=1781711099","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/counseling-children-through-the-world-of-play-9780842303071","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}