McCarthy, Dennis,  1951- <br/><br/>
A manual of dynamic play therapy :  helping things fall apart, the paradox of play / 
Dennis McCarthy ; foreword by David Crenshaw. 
 - London ;  Philadelphia :  Jessica Kingsley Publishers,  c2012. 
 - 173 p. :  ill;  1 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Invoking the spirit of play -- Paradox, the essence of play therapy -- The roles of the therapist - -- Witnessing, containing, provoking, envisioning -- Synchrony and mirroring -- Imaginative play -- The meaning and necessity of symbol -- Symbols as vehicles of emotion -- Sand as vehicle for symbols -- Aggressive play -- The function and necessity of aggression -- Aggression and connection to selfonsters -- Aggression and connection to others -- Play materials that facilitate healthy aggression -- Helping things fall apart -- The mythological perspective -- The natural world as evidence. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781849058797 (alk. paper)  RM84.43 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2011-046691 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Play Therapy--methods.<br/>Child.