Working with Parents in Play Therapy

Working with Parents in Play Therapy is grounded in research and lays out best practices for parent consultation and communication in play therapy. Readers will come away from this book with a variety of strategies for engaging parents, and in these pages, they’ll also find worksheets, resources, activity lesson plans, and a wealth of didactic material.

Working with Parents in Play Therapy includes a parent consultation framework, designed with best practices from literature, that provides step by step instructions for play therapists to use when planning for parent meetings. The book also includes a guide that outlines frequently asked questions from parents about play therapy. This resource is designed in a way that play therapists can copy pages to include in intake meetings with parents or set out in waiting rooms and lobbies so parents can browse information prior to meeting. Each didactic chapter ends with self-reflection questions or case vignettes so readers can immediately put the material into practice. This is a must-have volume for play therapists in training, seasoned play therapists, and supervisors alike.

Author Biography

Ahou Vaziri Line, PhD, LPC-S, RPT-S, CSC, NCC, certified CCPT-S, is the founder Parent Partnership Consulting and cofounder of Thread Counseling Group. Ahou is a therapist, international speaker, educator, consultant and author. Her scholarly work includes peer reviewed research on parent engagement and multicultural implications of play therapy.