Includes bibliographical references and index.

Clinical and developmental issues in conducting psychotherapy with preschool children : laying the groundwork for play therapy / Julie Blundon Nash and Charles E .Schaefer -- Evidence supporting the benefit of play for mild to moderate behavior problems of preschool children / Charles E. Schaefer -- Play therapy for insecurely attached preschool children / Helen E. Benedict and Diana Schofield -- Posttraumatic parenting : a parent-child dyadic treatment for young children's posttraumatic adjustment / Janine Shelby, Claudia Avina, and Heather Warnick -- Filial play therapy for grieving preschool children / Hilda R. Glazer -- Strategic play therapy techniques for anxious preschoolers / Paris Goodyear-Brown -- The use of play in child-parent psychotherapy with preschoolers traumatized by domestic violence / Manuela A. Diaz and Alicia F. Lieberman -- Cognitive-behavioral play therapy for preschoolers : integrating play and cognitive-behavioral interventions / Susan M. Knell and Meena Dasari -- Role of sociodramatic play in promoting self-regulation / Katherine A. Gioia and Renée M. Tobin -- Parent-child interaction therapy / Corissa L. Callahan, Monica L. Stevens, and Sheila Eyberg -- Jungian sandplay therapy for preschoolers with disruptive behavior problems / Eric Green and Kristi Gibbs -- Parents, teachers, and therapists using child-directed play therapy and coaching skills to promote children's social and emotional competence and build positive relationships / Carolyn Webster-Stratton and M. Jamila Reid -- From novice to expert : guiding children on the autism spectrum in integrated play groups / David Neufeld and Pamela Wolfberg -- Teaching social skills to developmentally delayed preschoolers / Johnny L. Matson and Jill C. Fodstad.