Aggression in Play Therapy : A Neurobiological Approach for Integrating Intensity, Hardcover by Dion, Lisa; Badenoch, Bonnie (FRW), ISBN 0393713199, ISBN-13 9780393713190, Like New Used, Free P&P in the UK

Author Lisa Dion (Naropa University) is the founder of the Play Therapy Institute of Colorado and the creator of Synergetic Play Therapy. In this accessible guide for practitioners of play therapy, she shares how therapists can deal with aggressive play in the session and how they can help children learn to integrate their aggression. She also gives advice on how therapists can work in a way that supports their own health and nervous system regulation. Drawing on recent neuroscience and interpersonal neurobiology, she emphasizes the importance of the nervous system’s response to emotions and intensity in order to understand the therapist’s role as an external regulator who helps children regulate and integrate highly aroused states and cope with emotional flooding. Th also gives advice on including the parent in sessions. Chapter key points, cases, and vignettes are included. Author Dion presents the podcast “Lessons from the Playroom.” Annotation ©2018 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR ()