"Truly impressive. The chapters capture the power of different therapeutic techniques that involve the use of the arts and play when working with children with attachment problems. The case examples provide a revealing view of and rationale for the interventions of very talented therapists. The book is enriched by the inclusion of recent brain research to help the reader understand why these techniques are indicated. While the emphasis is on youngsters with histories of abuse and attachment problems, the therapeutic techniques described are applicable with all child patients. This is an invaluable resource for both beginning and experienced child and adolescent psychotherapists. Malchiodi and Crenshaw are to be commended for editing such a wonderful, informative book."--Robert Brooks, PhD, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School "When children are 'captured' by living in a traumatic environment, it takes the efforts of a brave and knowledgeable therapist to help release them from their psychological bondage. This book brings that insight to fruition in an approach to attachment-focused play and arts therapy that is grounded in knowledge of developmental neuroscience, and it does so with insight and wisdom. It should be required reading for any professional who steps into the world of children exposed to the dark side of human experience."--James Garbarino, PhD, Maude C. Clarke Chair in Humanistic Psychology, Loyola University Chicago "This book is a gem! Integrating attachment theory, recent advances in neuroscience, and clinical wisdom, the editors have made an outstanding contribution to the field. Contributors weave together theory, research, and practice. Readers gain a deeper appreciation for the rich nuances of creative arts and play therapy as powerful means of helping survivors of attachment trauma. Every chapter contains practical techniques for addressing a wide range of therapeutic issues, and vignettes that bring the concepts tol

Cathy A. Malchiodi, PhD, ATR-BC, LPAT, LPCC, is an art therapist, creative arts therapist, and clinical mental health counselor, as well as a recognized authority on art therapy with children, adults, and families. She has given more than 350 presentations on art therapy and has published numerous articles, chapters, and books, including" Understanding Children's Drawings"; "Handbook of Art Therapy, Second Edition"; and "Creative Interventions with Traumatized Children." A faculty member at Lesley University, Dr. Malchiodi is founder of the Trauma-Informed Practices and Expressive Arts Therapy Institute and President of Art Therapy Without Borders. She is the first person to have received all three of the American Art Therapy Association's highest honors: Distinguished Service Award, Clinician Award, and Honorary Life Member Award. She has also received honors from the Kennedy Center and Very Special Arts in Washington, DC. David A. Crenshaw, PhD, ABPP, RPT-S, is Clinical Director of the Children's Home of Poughkeepsie, New York, and Faculty Associate of Johns Hopkins University. He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) and of APA's Division of Child and Adolescent Psychology. Dr. Crenshaw is Past President of the Hudson Valley Psychological Association, which honored him with its Lifetime Achievement Award, and of the New York Association for Play Therapy. He serves on the editorial board of the" International Journal of Play Therapy "and has published numerous journal articles, book chapters, and books on child therapy, child abuse and trauma, resilience in children, and reverence for the healing process. He is a frequent presenter at statewide and national conferences on play therapy.

I. Introduction, Malchiodi, 1. Creative Arts Therapy Approaches to Attachment Issues, Crenshaw, 2. Play Therapy Approaches to Attachment Issues, II. Clinical Applications: Approaches to Working with Attachment Issues, Stewart, Whelan & Pendleton, 3. Attachment Theory as a Road Map for Play Therapists, Malchiodi, 4. Art Therapy, Attachment, and Parent-Child Dyads, Robarts, 5. Music Therapy with Children with Developmental Trauma Disorder, Deveraux, 6. Moving with the Space between Us: The Dance of Attachment Security, Gil & Dias, 7. The Integration of Drama Therapy and Play Therapy in Attachment Work with Traumatized Children, Topham, VanFleet & Sniscak, 8. Overcoming Complex Trauma with Filial Therapy, Booth, Lindaman & Winstead, 9. Theraplay in Reunification Following Relational Trauma, Gil, 10. The Creative Use of Metaphor in Play and Art Therapy with Attachment Problems, Gaskill & Perry, 11. The Neurobiological Power of Play: Using the Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics to Guide Play in the Healing Process, III. Clinical Applications: Approaches to Working with At-Risk Populations, Drewes, 12. Helping Foster Care Children Heal from Broken Attachments: A Missing Piece of the Child, Tuber, Boesch, Gorkin & Terry, 13. Chronic Early Trauma as a Childhood Syndrome and Its Relationship to Play, Kronengold, 14. The Princess and Dal Bhat Tarkari: Play Therapy with Children of Cross-Cultural Adoption, Crenshaw & Lee, 15. Turning Back the Clock: Life before Attachment Trauma, Seymour, 16. Integrated Play Therapy with Childhood Traumatic Grief, Baggerly & Green, 17. Mending Broken Attachment in Displaced Children: Finding "Home" through Play Therapy