Rinda Blom PhD is a part-time senior lecturer in social work at the University of the Free State in South Africa and is also a Company Director for the Foundation for the Development of Emotional Intelligence in Children (WiseChild). Since studying Social Work and Gestalt Play Therapy at the University of the Free State and the University of Pretoria she has worked in private practice specialising in child therapy and parental guidance. She has studied Gestalt play therapy in the USA under its founder Dr Violet Oaklander and now runs her own short courses in South Africa on emotional intelligence, parental guidance and play therapy.

Foreword by Hannie Schoeman. Preface. Part One. Introduction to Gestalt Play Therapy. 1. Theoretical Perspective of Gestalt Play Therapy. Part Two. Gestalt Play Therapy in Practice. 2. Building a Therapeutic Relationship, Assessment and Treatment Planning. 3. Contact-making and Building Self-support in Children. 4. Emotional Expression. 5. Self-nurturing, Addressing the Inappropriate Process and Termination. Part Three. Gestalt Play Therapy with Grieving, Traumatized and HIV/AIDS Children. 6. Gestalt Play Therapy with Grieving and Traumatized Children. Sandra Ferreira and Marinel Read. 7. Gestalt Play Therapy with HIV/AIDS Children in Middle Childhood Years. Rinda Blom and Sayeeda Dhansay. Part Four. Appendices. Appendix 1: Summary of Aspects that Should be Addressed during Each Stage of the Gestalt Play Therapeutic Process. Appendix 2: Horizontal and Vertical Development of Geastalt Play Therapy. Appendix 3: Assessment and Treatment Planning of Children from a Gestalt Theoretical Perspective. Appendix 4: Checklist for Things that the Child Lost when the Divorce Happened. About the Author. Subject Index. Author Index.