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Integrating Yoga and Play Therapy

Integrating Yoga and Play Therapy

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This book presents the foundational knowledge to ethically and knowledgably integrateyoga into play therapy practice with children and families and create life-long change.The mind-body connection that underpins the approach taken by the authors helpschildren to integrate adverse experiences and find new meanings associated with thepast, and allows healing to begin. The book covers infant toddler mental health, theoriesof attachment, learning and development, neurobiology and the pervasive effects ofdevelopmental adversity or trauma on a child. It offers adaptations with specialpopulations including group work and family systems work, and provides next steps forfuture professional growth in this area.

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Table of Content

Acknowledgements; Introduction: Rationale behind the book and how we came to develop a yoga and play paradigm; 1. A primer on child development, play and expressive arts therapies; 2. The mind body connection: Yoga and play to address adverse experiences for children; 3. Non-directive and directive yoga and play therapy: Case examples: Kelly, Anna and Emily; 4. Yoga and play can happen in every setting: Group and family systems; 5. Concluding Thoughts: Self-care and future research; Further Reading; About the Authors; References; Index

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