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.